英语词汇“to talk at rovers”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

†c. By selecting subjects arbitrarily; (hence) in a superficial manner; about trivial or insignificant matters; frequently in to talk (or speak) at rovers. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > use language nonsensically [verb (intransitive)]

roya1450

to talk (or speak) at rovers1542

nonsense1822

squiddle1824

twaddle1825

fudge1834

buncomize1871

to be full of prunes1887

waffle1900

jive1928

bullshit1942

to talk out of one's arse1973

1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 288^v Thy dooynges o Cato dooen more nere approche vnto the spirite of prophecie... Menyng that Cato talked at rouers.

1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xxvi. 462 These particularities..doe euidently shewe that Moyses speaketh not at rouers.

1606 Sir Gyles Goosecappe i. i. sig. A3^v A good bustling Gallant talkes well at Rouers.

1686 tr. J. Chardin Trav. Persia 337 After several Discourses at Rovers, he told me, He was very much troubl'd for me.

1725 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) III. 178 Unless I had then a fuller view of circumstances than I have, I can only talk at rovers in it.

单词	to talk at rovers
释义	> as lemmas to talk (or speak) at rovers †c. By selecting subjects arbitrarily; (hence) in a superficial manner; about trivial or insignificant matters; frequently in to talk (or speak) at rovers. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > use language nonsensically [verb (intransitive)] roya1450 to talk (or speak) at rovers1542 nonsense1822 squiddle1824 twaddle1825 fudge1834 buncomize1871 to be full of prunes1887 waffle1900 jive1928 bullshit1942 to talk out of one's arse1973 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 288^v Thy dooynges o Cato dooen more nere approche vnto the spirite of prophecie... Menyng that Cato talked at rouers. 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xxvi. 462 These particularities..doe euidently shewe that Moyses speaketh not at rouers. 1606 Sir Gyles Goosecappe i. i. sig. A3^v A good bustling Gallant talkes well at Rouers. 1686 tr. J. Chardin Trav. Persia 337 After several Discourses at Rovers, he told me, He was very much troubl'd for me. 1725 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) III. 178 Unless I had then a fuller view of circumstances than I have, I can only talk at rovers in it. extracted from rovern.² < as lemmas
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