Tattle
['tæt(ə)l] or ['tætl]
解釋/意思:
(v. i.) To prate; to talk idly; to use many words with little meaning; to chat.
(v. i.) To tell tales; to communicate secrets; to be a talebearer; as, a tattling girl.
(n.) Idle talk or chat; trifling talk; prate.
整理:特蕾西
同義詞及近義詞:
v. n. [1]. Prate, prattle, chatter, chat, jabber, babble, talk idly or thoughtlessly, talk at random, spin a long yarn.[2]. Blab, gossip, tell tales.
n. Prate, prattle, gossip, twaddle, twattle, gabble, palaver, balderdash, nonsense, idle talk, senseless talk.
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同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Babble, gabble, chatter, gossip, twaddle,[See BABBLE]
手打:拉蒙纳
解釋/意思:
n. trifling talk or chat.—v.i. to talk idly or triflingly: to tell tales or secrets.—n. idle talk.—ns. Tatt′ler one given to tattling; Tatt′lery idle talk.—p.adj. Tatt′ling given to tattling or telling tales.—n. (Shak.) the act of tale-telling.—adv. Tatt′lingly.
整理:玛米
例句/造句/用法:
- Tittle-tattle: how prettily it begins! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- The attentions of a certain person can hardly be among the tittle-tattle of Highbury yet. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- He listened to tittle-tattle about Philotas, the son of Parmenio, one of his most trusted and faithful generals. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- On account of a tattling world; for the sake of my--of our child, I would remain by you, Raymond, share your fortunes, partake your counsel. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- They giggled, cackled, tattled, condoled, consoled, and patronized her until they drove her almost wild with rage. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
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