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单词 drivel
释义 driv·el
I. \ˈdrivəl\ verb
(driveled or drivelled ; driveled or drivelled ; driveling or drivelling \-v(ə)liŋ\ ; drivels)
Etymology: Middle English drivelen, alteration of drevelen, from Old English dreflian; akin to Middle English draf draff — more at draff
intransitive verb
1. : to let saliva drip or run in a thin stream from the mouth or mucus from the nostrils (as of an infant or imbecile) : slaver
 < the panting dog driveled on my hand >
2. : to talk stupidly and carelessly without due thought, knowledge, or consideration : be silly in manner or content of speech
 < while the idiots on the platform were driveling, the people kept calling for Lincoln — Winston Churchill >
 < he driveled on about his family, his influence, his properties >
3. archaic : trickle, dribble
 < water driveling >
transitive verb
1. obsolete : to let trickle like saliva from the mouth
 < the wound is driveling blood >
2. : to utter in an infantile or imbecilic way
 < he driveled a few words of apology then left at once >
3. : to waste or fritter in a childish fashion
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English drivil, drevel, from drivelen, drevelen, v.
1. archaic : saliva trickling from the mouth
2. : inarticulate or foolish utterance
 < phrases which on the face of them may be platitudinous to a degree approaching drivel — C.E.Montague >
 < writes endless narcissistic drivel in a stream-of-consciousness and disorganized manner — Albert Deutsch >
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