drivel about sth
about 后接所胡说的话题；带贬义，多用于口语。
He spent the whole meeting drivelling about unrelated topics.
他整个会议都在东拉西扯地胡说一些不相干的话题。
胡说八道；说傻话
drivels — third person singular of drivel
流口水；淌口水；犯傻；变得糊涂；说胡话；胡言乱语；流口水；软弱或愚蠢；溺爱；让唾液从嘴里流出
talk nonsense
说胡话；胡言乱语；流口水
To talk nonsense; to talk senselessly; to drool.
软弱或愚蠢；溺爱
To be weak or foolish; to dote.
让唾液从嘴里流出
let saliva drivel from the mouth
一般现在时
He drivels nonsense.
他胡说八道。
一般过去时
He drivelled all night.
他昨夜胡言乱语。
present participle
He is drivelling again.
他又在胡言乱语。
表示胡说或流口水
The baby drivels while teething.
婴儿在长牙时流口水。
用法提示：动词原形，描述婴儿流口水的动作。
The old man drivelled in his sleep.
老人在睡觉时流口水。
用法提示：动词过去式，描述过去发生的流口水动作。
He was drivelling on his pillow after a long nap.
他长时间午睡后枕头上流满了口水。
用法提示：动词现在分词，与be动词构成过去进行时，描述正在进行的流口水动作。
about 后接所胡说的话题；带贬义，多用于口语。
He spent the whole meeting drivelling about unrelated topics.
他整个会议都在东拉西扯地胡说一些不相干的话题。
主语常为 saliva 等液体，from 后接流出的部位。
Saliva drivelled from the corner of his mouth.
口水从他嘴角流了出来。
grammar · medium
易错句子He drivelled nonsense throughout the meeting.
正确表达He drivelled throughout the meeting.
drivel 表示“说胡话”时是不及物动词，nonsense 的意思已经包含在 drivel 里，不能再用作它的宾语；删去 nonsense 后，句子仍表示“他整场会议都在胡说”。汉语“说胡话”是动宾结构，容易诱导学习者给 drivel 加宾语。
grammar · medium
易错句子The baby was drivelling saliva.
正确表达The baby was drivelling.
drivel 表示“流口水”时也是不及物动词，不能接 saliva 作宾语；直接说 The baby was drivelling 就表示“婴儿在流口水”。汉语“流口水”是动宾结构，学习者容易把“口水”直译成宾语。
两者都可指流口水，但 drivel 还可表示“说胡话”；drool 主要表示流口水或对某物垂涎，不表示空洞的胡话。
dribble 与 drivel 拼写和读音接近，但 dribble 指液体一滴滴落下、嘴角淌口水或体育中带球，不能表示“说胡话”；drivel 的核心是胡说或流口水。
babble 强调语流快而含混、像婴儿咿呀或兴奋说个不停，内容未必空洞；drivel 更明确指愚蠢、空洞的胡话。两者在“废话”语境中可能重叠，但侧重点不同。
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