informal <非正式>
mass noun
- trivial or foolish speech or writing; nonsense废话, 蠢话; 胡说八道：
he dismissed the novel as self-indulgent twaddle.
他称这本小说是一派自我陶醉的废话。
no obj.
- archaic talk or write in a trivial or foolish way〈古〉胡说, 写废话（或蠢话）：
what is that old fellow twaddling about?
那个老伙计在胡说些什么？
派生词
twaddler
noun词源
late 18th cent.: alteration of earlier twattle, of unknown origin.