twaddle

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈtwɒdəl/    美 /ˈtwɑdəl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Empty or silly idle talk or writing; nonsense, rubbish. uncountable
    — You're talking a load of twaddle. Get your facts straight, man!
  2. One who twaddles; a twaddler. countable
动词 v.
  1. To talk or write nonsense; to prattle.
    — To Edward […] he was terrible, nerve-inflaming, poisonously asphyxiating. He sat rocking himself in the late Mr. Churchill's swing chair, smoking and twaddling.

词形变化

twaddles plural twoddle alternative twaddles present,singular,third-person twaddling participle,present twaddled participle,past twaddled past twoddle alternative

词源

词源 1
An alteration of twattle (1556), of unknown origin.
词源 2
An alteration of twattle (1556), of unknown origin.
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