drivel

英 [ˈdrɪv.əl]      美 [ˈdrɪv.əl]
  • n. 鼻涕;口水;糊涂话
  • vi. 淌口水;流鼻涕;说傻话
  • vt. 浪费
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将“drivel”记忆为“dr”(意为拖、拉)+ “ivel”(类似于“fill”,意为充满),想象一种东西被拖拉着充满无意义的言辞,就像无聊的废话或空话。这样可以帮助你记住这个单词的含义是“无聊的废话”或“无意义的话”。

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drivel 胡说,废话

来自PIE*dher, 使泥泞,污浊,词源同dregs, dross. 引申义流鼻涕,胡说,废话。

drivel (n.)
early 14c., drevel "saliva, slaver," from drivel (v.). Meaning "idiotic speech or writing" is from 1852.
drivel (v.)
Old English dreflian "to dribble or run at the nose, slobber," from Proto-Germanic *drab-, from PIE *dher- (1) "to make muddy, darken." Meaning "to speak nonsense" is mid-14c. Related: Driveling, drivelling.
1. What absolute drivel!
一派胡言!
2. How can you watch that drivel on TV?
你怎么能看电视上那种胡说八道的东西?
3. I have never heard such silly drivel in all my life.
我一生中从未听到过这样的蠢话.
4. She is still writing mindless drivel.
她还在写些没头没脑的东西。
5. Xiangzi couldn't bear to listen to this drivel.
祥子不能再听这些闲盘儿.