prattle

verb

1. 闲扯；唠叨
   to talk a lot about unimportant things
   1. She prattled on about her children all evening.
      她整个晚上没完没了地唠叨她的孩子们的事。

1. VERB 闲扯；空谈；喋喋不休
   If you say that someone prattles on about something, you are criticizing them because they are talking a great deal without saying anything important.
   1. Lou prattled on about various trivialities till I wanted to scream...
      卢就各种芝麻小事唠叨个没完，后来我烦得都想尖叫了。
   2. She prattled on as she drove out to the Highway...
      她开车上公路时一直说个没完。
   3. Archie, shut up. You're prattling.
      阿奇，闭嘴！净废话。
   4. Prattle is also a noun.
      
   5. What a bore it was to listen to the woman's prattle!
      听那个女人唠叨真烦人！

1. Lou prattled on about various trivialities till I wanted to scream
   卢就各种芝麻小事唠叨个没完，后来我烦得都想尖叫了。
2. She prattled on as she drove out to the Highway
   她开车上公路时一直说个没完。
3. Archie, shut up. You're prattling.
   阿奇，闭嘴！净废话。
4. He passed hours in watching her dressing and undressing her doll, and in listening to her prattle.
   他经常一连几个钟头看她替她那娃娃穿衣脱衣，听着她叽叽喳喳地说东说西。
5. But ever and anon his childish prattle recurred to what impressed his imagination even more deeply than the wonders of creation.
   不过毕竟他只是一个孩子，所以他的唠叨就又回到了比创造的奇迹更为深入的想象的话题上了。
6. They will not climb my knee, nor prattle in my ear, nor answer to my smile; but stand apart, and eye me strangely.
   他们不会爬上我的膝头，不肯和我说悄悄话，也不愿回报我的微笑，而只是远远地站着，奇怪地打量着我。
7. The prattle of the little ones and their pleasure in the stories I told them of elf and gnome, of hero and wily bear, are pleasant things to remember.
   我为他们讲述精灵和土地神、英雄和狡猾的黑熊的故事，同这些小孩子们谈天说地，感受着他们的快乐，这对我的确是一种令人愉快的回忆。
8. That is why I prattle and chatter lightly and hide my heart behind words.
   因此我轻松地说东道西，把我的心藏在语言的后面。
9. Your prattle begins to annoy me.
   我开始对你的天真感到厌烦了；
10. I endeavoured to stop her thoughtless tongue. Don't prattle with this woman, he cautioned himself.
    我想止住她那毫不思索的饶舌。跟女的少那么饶舌，他训了自己一句。
11. But when someone does call, look at it as a great opportunity to create fanatically devoted customer, one who will prattle on and on about what a great job you did.
    不过当某人真的打电话来，要把它视为一个建立狂热忠诚客户的绝佳机会，让这个客户到处宣传你们做得有多麽好。
12. Don't prattle with this woman, he cautioned himself.
    跟女的少那么饶舌，他训了自己一句。
13. His speech contained nothing new and was full of political prattle and cliches.
    他的讲话里没有什么新内容，只是政治上的胡扯和陈词滥调。
14. Flowing water and green grass witness your lover's endless prattle.
    流水缠绕，小草依依，都是你诉不尽的情话。
15. He lives not long who battles with the immortals, nor do his children prattle about his knees when he has come back from battle and the dread fray.
    与永恒的事物作斗争的人是活不长的，他从战场和可怕的斗争中回来后，他的孩子也不会在他的膝下承欢。
16. By night it will sing, and by day Cosette will prattle.
    晚上它来歌唱，白天有珂赛特的语声。
17. We prattle about scientific discoveries, but we have made scant use of them for our benefit.
    科学的新发现我们谈了不少，但怎样利用它们为我们服务却做得很不够。
18. Just be sure not to prattle on.
    就是别让自己把话说半截。
19. During Qing dynasty, there is an obvious transform in Chinese culture: the Chinese culture researcher tried hard to change the prattle trend in academic research since Song Ming dynasty and tried to reform the order of society and thoughts.
    在清代，中国文化出现了一次明显的转向，一方面是中国文化研究者力求改变宋明以来崇尚空谈的学术风气，力图重建社会与思想秩序；
20. Now it is not the right time for Chinese to prattle about postmodern, for in the course of modernity, China still remains a distance with the Western countries.
    中国现在还不是侈谈“后现代”的时候，在现代性的进程上，无疑我们与西方社会之间存在一个时间差。

noun

1. idle or foolish and irrelevant talk

   Synonym:    prateidle talkbletherchin music

verb

1. speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly

   Synonym:    chatterpifflepalaverpratetittle-tattletwaddleclackmaunderblabgibbertattleblabbergabble