Word
piffle
/ˈpifl/
noun
废话；胡扯
Nonsense or foolish talk.
- 1.
Nonsense, foolish talk.
胡说,愚蠢的话
胡说,愚蠢的话；愚蠢行动；废话
In use
His speech was nothing but piffle from start to finish.
Don't waste your time on such piffle; it won't help you solve the problem.
The article was dismissed as piffle by the critics.
talk piffle
常与talk连用，表示说废话。
He talks piffle.
他说废话。
be piffle
表示某事物是废话或愚蠢行动。
That's just piffle.
那只是废话。
Common mistakes
Stop piffle!Stop piffling!
中文学习者可能将"piffle"误当作名词直接用于祈使句，但英语中需要动词的-ing形式作为祈使句的谓语。
That's a piffle idea.That's a piffling idea.
中文学习者可能误用"piffle"作形容词，正确形容词形式应为"piffling"，表示‘琐碎的’。
Connections
Learner notes
Grammar Note
通常作不可数名词，意为‘废话’。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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