• n. 廢話，閑聊
• vi. 講廢話
• n. (Twaddle)人名；(英)特沃德爾

可能改寫自 twattle,閑聊，瞎扯，擬聲詞。比較 prattle,rattle,tattle.

twaddle (n.)

"silly talk, prosy nonsense," 1782, probably from twattle (1550s), of obscure origin.

1. For such views or criticisms, which are not based on thorough investigation, are nothing but ignorant twaddle.

因?yàn)檫@種議論或批評(píng), 沒有經(jīng)過周密調(diào)查, 不過是無知妄說.

來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

2. Don't try to palm off that twaddle about the Cause to me.

請(qǐng)不要拿出什么主義之類的廢話來跟我胡聊了.

來自飄（部分）

3. This is all hopeless twaddle that I am saying about her.

我這樣說她,那是全無希望的拙劣廢話.

來自辭典例句

4. Much of this is total twaddle, especially for football and banking.

這些說法大多數(shù)完全是瞎扯, 尤其是對(duì)于足球和銀行業(yè)而言.

來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)

5. They won't waste it listening to the interviewees'twaddle.

他們不會(huì)把時(shí)間浪費(fèi)在應(yīng)聘人的閑談上.

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