英语词汇“prattled”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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Verb They prattled on into the night, discussing school, music, and friends. spent an hour on the phone prattling on about nothing in particular Noun parents often claim to understand the prattle of their infant offspring

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Verb

Lots of people can prattle on about football on TV, but the extreme upper echelon — the polished storytellers entrusted by the networks to call those premier national games — is wafer thin.

Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2022 Likewise, cars might rattle or prattle as your speed got faster.

Lance Eliot, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2021 As always, those who prattle on about individual freedoms slip quite easily into authoritarianism when defied.

Kevin Baker, Harper's Magazine, 23 June 2020 While some buffoon is prattling at length, its lips moving weirdly on a low-polygon face, this is usually the moment that your feet hurt or that your headset's face cushion itches.

Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica, 23 Mar. 2020 David prattled about the weather and asked if Harry had seen anything good on TV.

cincinnati.com, 14 Jan. 2020 My aunt would prattle on about her kindergarten students, my uncles about their work as firefighters and linesmen.

BostonGlobe.com, 21 Nov. 2019 Someone is eating with his or her child or family, just having a quiet dinner, and shouting at them, screaming, demanding and prattling on about all these points.

Fox News, 26 July 2018 Middle Sister prattled on about how an atom having six principal quantum numbers can yield several emission lines, or some such.

Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com, 2 June 2018

Noun

The British playwright David Hare, who adapted a Maigret book for the stage, insists that Simenon—being Belgian-born and so an outsider—disdained the usual French prattle about gastronomy, and therefore cared little for the subject.

Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2022 His memoir is a litany of petty fights, a constant takedown of enemies and a cascade of self-aggrandizing prattle.

Elizabeth Spiers, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2022 The Activision-Blizzard purchase, along with the now constant prattle about the metaverse, only increases the value of smaller studios, who could turn out to be the next Activison.

Will Bedingfield, Wired, 25 Feb. 2022 Some of the crew pass blunts and prattle on the balcony.

New York Times, 23 Sep. 2021 The story begins with gentle comedy: the narrator, a writer, keeps being disturbed in his study by the prattle of his five-year-old daughter, Mini.

Suketu Mehta, Time, 17 Sep. 2021 Over the past several years, Carlson Stroud’s videos devolved from benign prattle about energy, God, and angels to drunken rants, dark threats, and apparent mistreatment of members.

Virginia Pelley, Marie Claire, 7 Sep. 2021 These questions — and the obsessive attention to mundane details like Mr. Kim’s wristwatch — may seem like the idle prattle of celebrity gossip.

New York Times, 29 June 2021 No one has ever listened to me prattle on for this long before.

The Washington Post, AL.com, 5 Feb. 2018 See More

单词	prattled
释义	prattle 1 of 2 verb prat·tle ˈpra-tᵊl prattled; prattling ˈprat-liŋ ˈpra-tᵊl-iŋ intransitive verb 1 : prate 2 : to utter or make meaningless sounds suggestive of the chatter of children : babble transitive verb : to say in an unaffected or childish manner prattler ˈprat-lər ˈpra-tᵊl-ər noun prattlingly ˈprat-liŋ-lē -tᵊl-iŋ- adverb prattle 2 of 2 noun 1 : trifling or empty talk 2 : a sound that is meaningless, repetitive, and suggestive of the chatter of children Synonyms Verb babble blab cackle chaffer [British] chat chatter chin [slang] converse gab gabble gas jabber jaw kibitz kibbitz natter palaver patter prate rap rattle run on schmooze shmooze talk twitter visit Noun abracadabra babble blabber burble double Dutch double-talk drivel gabble gibber gibberish jabber jabberwocky mumbo jumbo nonsense slobber See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Verb They prattled on into the night, discussing school, music, and friends. spent an hour on the phone prattling on about nothing in particular Noun parents often claim to understand the prattle of their infant offspring Recent Examples on the Web Verb Lots of people can prattle on about football on TV, but the extreme upper echelon — the polished storytellers entrusted by the networks to call those premier national games — is wafer thin. Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2022 Likewise, cars might rattle or prattle as your speed got faster. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2021 As always, those who prattle on about individual freedoms slip quite easily into authoritarianism when defied. Kevin Baker, Harper's Magazine, 23 June 2020 While some buffoon is prattling at length, its lips moving weirdly on a low-polygon face, this is usually the moment that your feet hurt or that your headset's face cushion itches. Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica, 23 Mar. 2020 David prattled about the weather and asked if Harry had seen anything good on TV. cincinnati.com, 14 Jan. 2020 My aunt would prattle on about her kindergarten students, my uncles about their work as firefighters and linesmen. BostonGlobe.com, 21 Nov. 2019 Someone is eating with his or her child or family, just having a quiet dinner, and shouting at them, screaming, demanding and prattling on about all these points. Fox News, 26 July 2018 Middle Sister prattled on about how an atom having six principal quantum numbers can yield several emission lines, or some such. Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com, 2 June 2018 Noun The British playwright David Hare, who adapted a Maigret book for the stage, insists that Simenon—being Belgian-born and so an outsider—disdained the usual French prattle about gastronomy, and therefore cared little for the subject. Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2022 His memoir is a litany of petty fights, a constant takedown of enemies and a cascade of self-aggrandizing prattle. Elizabeth Spiers, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2022 The Activision-Blizzard purchase, along with the now constant prattle about the metaverse, only increases the value of smaller studios, who could turn out to be the next Activison. Will Bedingfield, Wired, 25 Feb. 2022 Some of the crew pass blunts and prattle on the balcony. New York Times, 23 Sep. 2021 The story begins with gentle comedy: the narrator, a writer, keeps being disturbed in his study by the prattle of his five-year-old daughter, Mini. Suketu Mehta, Time, 17 Sep. 2021 Over the past several years, Carlson Stroud’s videos devolved from benign prattle about energy, God, and angels to drunken rants, dark threats, and apparent mistreatment of members. Virginia Pelley, Marie Claire, 7 Sep. 2021 These questions — and the obsessive attention to mundane details like Mr. Kim’s wristwatch — may seem like the idle prattle of celebrity gossip. New York Times, 29 June 2021 No one has ever listened to me prattle on for this long before. The Washington Post, AL.com, 5 Feb. 2018 See More Word History Etymology Verb Low German pratelen; akin to Middle Dutch praten to prate First Known Use Verb 1532, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1 Noun 1555, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Kids Definition prattle 1 of 2 verb prat·tle ˈpra-tᵊl prattled; prattling : to talk a great deal about unimportant or uninteresting things prattle 2 of 2 noun : uninteresting or unimportant talk Amy's happy prattle became intolerable. Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer prattled verb past tense of prattle 1 as in chatted to engage in casual or rambling conversation spent an hour on the phone prattling on about nothing in particular Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance chatted talked conversed chattered babbled jabbered prated nattered gabbled rattled cackled blabbed gabbed discussed schmoozed kibitzed twittered rapped pattered shmoozed gossiped visited palavered chinned jawed tattled chaffered chewed the rag blew smoke gassed yammered yapped talked a blue streak ran on kibbitzed chewed the fat yakked descanted shot the breeze expatiated yacked 2 as in chattered to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly stop prattling and calmly tell us the news Synonyms & Similar Words chatted chattered drooled babbled jabbered muttered shouted gabbled gibbered stuttered shrieked sputtered mumbled blathered blabbered screeched bumbled prated yakked murmured rattled gabbed blithered drivelled trolled bleated stammered mouthed yacked chuntered driveled smattered pattered jangled tittle-tattled jawed ran on maundered Antonyms & Near Antonyms pronounced enunciated articulated
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