单词 | twaddle |
释义 | twaddleWord family nountwaddlertwaddlingtwaddleadjectivetwaddly twad·dle /ˈtwɒdl $ ˈtwɑːdl/ noun [uncountableU] informalUNTRUE something that someone has said or written that you think is stupid 〔说的或写的〕无聊话,废话,蠢话 SYN nonsense I don’t believe in all that twaddle about fate. 我不相信那些关于命运的鬼话。 Examples from the Corpus twaddle• Now he is gone and the work is public property, Sherlock Holmes can legally be seen in this kind of twaddle. (1700-1800) Probably from twattle “empty talk” ((17-19 centuries)) |
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