释义 |
prateprate /preɪt/ verb [intransitive] prateOrigin: 1400-1500 Middle Dutch praten VERB TABLEprate |
Present | I, you, we, they | prate | | he, she, it | prates | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | prated | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have prated | | he, she, it | has prated | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had prated | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will prate | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have prated |
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Present | I | am prating | | he, she, it | is prating | | you, we, they | are prating | Past | I, he, she, it | was prating | | you, we, they | were prating | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been prating | | he, she, it | has been prating | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been prating | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be prating | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been prating |
- I sat in my pew and heard him prate on for at least an hour and a half.
old use to talk in a meaningless boring way about something |