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

• 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。
• 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。
• She is still writing mindless drivel.
  她还在写些没头没脑的东西。
• You and the lunatic fringe that listen to this drivel have ruined the country, and subverted conservatism into the ideology of hate.
  你和那些听这些胡言乱语的极端分子简直毁了这个国家，愚蠢地把保守主义颠覆成了怨恨！
• Don't talk such drivel!
  不要讲这么无聊的话！
• Now don't you give me that stale drivel, Leslie.
  莱斯里，你别也来向我胡扯那套陈词滥调。
• Which is just the sort of meaningless drivel that will make this new economic power fit right in with the business supremos of the Anglo-Saxon world.
  凭着这类毫无意义的废话，这个新兴经济大国与盎格鲁撒克逊世界的商业巨擘们将会很合得来。
• Xiangzi couldn't bear to listen to this drivel.
  祥子不能再听这些闲盘儿。
• You do talk drivel sometimes!
  你有时候还真会说傻话！
• Most of what he said was absolute drivel.
  他说的大多数话都是胡言乱语。