Word · Frequency #25595
prattle
闲扯；唠叨；废话
Foolish, childish, or idle talk; babble.
常含贬义，指孩子气或无意义的闲谈。
- 1.
Silly, childish talk; babble.
- 2.
idle or foolish and irrelevant talk
无聊或愚蠢且无关紧要的谈话
无聊或愚蠢且无关紧要的谈话；闲扯；(小孩般)咿咿呀呀的话
In use
Her constant prattle about celebrity gossip bored everyone at the party.
The meeting was a waste of time, filled with meaningless prattle.
I couldn't concentrate on my work because of the prattle from the next room.
prattle about sth
I'm tired of listening to his endless prattle about his new car.
我听腻了他没完没了地谈论他的新车。
prattle of sth
The article is full of prattle of little interest to anyone.
这篇文章满是没人感兴趣的废话。
Common mistakes
He is full of empty prattles.He is full of empty prattle.
Prattle是不可数名词，不能加复数-s。中文‘废话’可数，容易误加复数。
Stop prattling, please.Stop your prattle, please.
在仅名词用法的上下文中，prattle不能用作动词；应使用名词形式your prattle作为stop的宾语。
Connections
Collocations
- idle prattle
- 无聊的闲扯
- Their conversation was just idle prattle about celebrities.他们的谈话只是关于名人的无聊闲扯。
- childish prattle
- 幼稚的废话
- She was tired of listening to the childish prattle of the toddlers.她厌倦了听幼儿们幼稚的废话。
- empty prattle
- 空洞的唠叨
- Politicians often engage in empty prattle instead of solving problems.政客们常常说些空洞的废话，而不是解决问题。
- mindless prattle
- 不经大脑的胡说
- He responded to their mindless prattle with silence.他用沉默回应他们不经大脑的胡说。
Synonyms
- babble
- 含混不清、语无伦次的话；婴儿咿呀声 · babble 侧重语声含混或像婴儿发出的无意义声音，不一定带有 prattle 那种孩子气、无足轻重的内容，也常用于形容人群嘈杂声。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：prattle 听起来像 rattle（唠叨），前面加个 p，小孩咿呀学语，尽说些无聊蠢话。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：Literary or narrative writing、Everyday speech 通常带有轻微的贬义，多用于书面或文学性描写；在口语中也会出现，常带有不耐烦或批评的语气。
Grammar Note
作为名词时通常不可数，表示闲聊或废话。
Pronunciation & Spelling
battle、cattle、rattle、tattle 与 prattle 押韵，都包含 /ætəl/ 音。注意 startle 拼写以 -tle 结尾，与 prattle 的 -ttle 相近，但元音不同，startle 读 /ˈstɑːrtəl/，不押韵。另注意 prate /preɪt/ 与 prattle 形近义近，但读音不同。
Learn the forms together
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