twaddle

twaddle
(informal)(非正式)
noun
  1. [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。
verb
  1. [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
twaddler
noun
语源
  1. late 18th cent.: alteration of earlier twattle, of unknown origin
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