| 释义 |
ˈhaverel Sc. and north. dial.|ˈheɪv(ə)rəl|
Also -al, -il, haivrel.
[f. haver v.]
1. One who ‘havers’ or talks without sense.
a1818Macneill Poems (1844) 105 Gley'd Sawnie, the haivrel. 1825Brockett N.C. Gloss. s.v., ‘Parfitly redicclous is that haveril there.’ 1871Carlyle in Mrs. Carlyle's Lett. II. 103 Their only child ‘Bett’, a loud haveril of a lass.
2. attrib. or adj. Given to havering or foolish idle chattering.
a1774Fergusson Drink Eclogue 90 Ye haveril Scot! 1785Burns Halloween 32 Poor hav'rel Will fell aff the drift. 1842Mrs. Carlyle Lett. I. 176 A good-hearted, rattling, clever haveral sort of woman. |