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
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.