drivel

英 [ˈdrɪvl]

美 [ˈdrɪvl]

n.  蠢话; 傻话; 废话
v.  老是说傻话; 喋喋不休地说无聊话

现在分词：drivelling　过去式：drivelled　第三人称单数：drivels　过去分词：drivelled　

GRE

BNC.34571 / COCA.27601

牛津词典

noun

• 蠢话；傻话；废话
  silly nonsense
  1. How can you watch that drivel on TV?
     你怎么能看电视上那种胡说八道的东西？

verb

• 老是说傻话；喋喋不休地说无聊话
  to keep talking about silly or unimportant things

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 蠢话;废话
  If you describe something that is written or said asdrivel, you are critical of it because you think it is very silly.
  1. What absolute drivel!
     一派胡言！
  2. She is still writing mindless drivel.
     她还在写些没头没脑的东西。

英英释义

noun

• saliva spilling from the mouth
  Synonym:drooldribbleslobber
• a worthless message
  Synonym:garbage

verb

• let saliva drivel from the mouth
  1. The baby drooled
  Synonym:droolslabberslaverslobberdribble

双语例句

• You do talk drivel sometimes!
  你有时候还真会说傻话！
• What all this tells us is not that all women talk drivel, but that everyone talks drivel when they start thinking about women as a general topic.
  这一切所昭示的，并非所有女性都废话连篇，而是当人们开始把女性作为一个主题来考量时，人人都会说些废话。
• But often once you buy a book you feel to read it, even if it is drivel.
  但是你可能经常会买回来一本你发现并不喜欢的书。
• It is certainly surprising that such a highly reputable magazine should drivel about the matter.
  声誉很高的杂志竟然对此事胡言一派，确实令人诧异。
• How can you watch that drivel on TV?
  你怎麽能看电视上那种胡说八道的东西？
• The promotional video for the event shows MS Shriver talking a blue streak of drivel.
  在该活动的宣传视频中，施莱弗女士废话连篇。
• Catherine, before you buy into this drivel, ask yourself why does China have a trade surplus with the US, and why the US has trouble paying its debt, i.e raising the debt ceiling?
  凯瑟琳，在你说出这些胡言乱语之前，问问自己，为什么中国对美国有一个贸易顺差，以及我们为什么支付债务困难，提高债务上限？
• This is triple-A drivel.
  这是个三A级的胡话。
• Employees are likely to laugh their tails off at any boss who cites this drivel as inspiration.
  老板要把这一派胡言奉为灵感，雇员可能会笑掉大牙。
• But there is too little gold and too much drivel.
  但是宝贵的东西太少，胡言乱语太多。