blether about sth
后接话题，表示就某事胡说。
He spent the whole afternoon blethering about his holiday plans.
他整个下午都在胡扯他的度假计划。
闲聊；愚蠢且无关的废话；胡说
闲聊；愚蠢且无关的废话
idle or foolish and irrelevant talk
I couldn't concentrate on my work because of all the blether in the office.
办公室里全是胡说八道，我无法集中精力工作。
用法提示：blether 作为不可数名词，指无意义的闲聊或胡说。
Stop your blether and get on with the job!
别胡说了，继续干活吧！
用法提示：blether 作为不可数名词，用于命令句指责对方说废话。
The meeting was just a lot of blether with no real decisions.
会议只是一堆胡说，没有任何真正的决定。
用法提示：blether 作为不可数名词，指空谈、无实质内容的讨论。
后接话题，表示就某事胡说。
He spent the whole afternoon blethering about his holiday plans.
他整个下午都在胡扯他的度假计划。
强调持续不停地胡说。
She blethered on for hours without saying anything useful.
她絮叨了好几个小时，没说出任何有用的话。
用于指称无意义的言论。
Don't listen to him; it's just a load of old blether.
别听他的，那只是一堆废话。
grammar · medium
易错句子He blethered nonsense all day.
正确表达He blethered about nonsense all day.
blether 作为动词是不及物动词，不能直接跟宾语；需加介词 about。
grammar · medium
易错句子She told me a lot of blethers.
正确表达She told me a lot of blether.
blether 作为名词时是不可数名词，没有复数形式；应用单数 blether。
意思相同，但 'blather' 是美式英语更常用的拼写，而 'blether' 是英式或苏格兰英语变体
发音相近但意思完全不同：'bother' 是打扰或使烦恼，与胡言乱语无关
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