blather

vi. 说废话 n. 废话, 胡说

发音

UK /ˈblæðə(ɹ)/
其它

词形变化

blathers 复数 blathered blathering blathers 三单 blathers blathering 现在分词 blathered 过去式 blathered 过去分词

别名

blether blother

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Foolish or nonsensical talk.

    贬义 不可数
  2. 1.

    Obsolete form of bladder.

    废旧

    1596, Charles Fitzgeoffrey, Sir Francis Drake His Honorable Lifes Commendation, and His Tragicall Deathes Lamentation, Oxford: Joseph Barnes, […] on Vlisses Circe did bestowe A blather, where the windes imboweld were,

v.
  1. 1.

    To talk rapidly without making much sense.

    贬义 不及物
  2. 2.

    To say (something foolish or nonsensical); to say (something) in a foolish or overly verbose way.

    贬义 及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

blatherskite

上位词 2

gibberish gibber
动词

同义词 4

babble blether blither smatter

上位词 10

chatter clack blab blabber tattle prattle gabble gibber maunder palaver

词源

From Middle English bletheren, bloderen, from Old Norse blaðra (“to speak inarticulately, talk nonsense”). Cognate with Scots blether, bladder, bledder (“to blather”), dialectal German bladdern (“to talk nonsense, blather”), Norwegian bladra (“to babble, speak imperfectly”), Icelandic blaðra (“to twaddle”).

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