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prattle on/about sth
表示冗长、琐碎地谈论某话题。
She prattled on about her grandchildren for hours.
她一连几个小时唠叨她的孙子孙女。
唠叨；喋喋不休；胡扯
prattles — third person singular of prattle
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唠叨；喋喋不休；胡扯
to talk continuously in a silly or unimportant way; babble
She prattled on about her grandchildren for hours.
她一连几个小时唠叨她的孙子孙女。
To speak incessantly and in an inconsequential or childish manner; to babble.
快速且不断地谈论不重要的事情
speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
prattle
Base
原形
prattles
3rd person
第三人称单数
prattling
-ing
现在分词
prattled
Past
过去式
prattled
Past participle
过去分词
She prattles on about her day.
她喋喋不休地谈论她的一天。
He prattled for hours without stopping.
他不停地闲聊了好几个小时。
The children are prattling in the garden.
孩子们在花园里咿咿呀呀地说话。
动词形式规则变化
The toddler was prattling happily to himself in the corner.
那个蹒跚学步的孩子在角落里开心地咿呀自语。
She prattled on about her vacation for an hour.
她喋喋不休地谈论她的假期长达一小时。
He prattles endlessly about conspiracy theories.
他无休止地胡扯阴谋论。
表示冗长、琐碎地谈论某话题。
She prattled on about her grandchildren for hours.
她一连几个小时唠叨她的孙子孙女。
及物用法，指天真或含糊地说出（内容）。
The toddler prattled nonsense in his crib.
蹒跚学步的孩子在婴儿床里咿呀说着胡话。
不带宾语，表示闲聊、瞎扯。
They sat prattling away until midnight.
他们坐着闲聊到半夜。
Not this
She prattled her friend.
Use this
She prattled to her friend.
prattle 是不及物动词，表示‘闲聊’时不能直接接人作宾语，需加介词 to。
Not this
They prattled the weather.
Use this
They prattled about the weather.
prattle 表示‘闲聊某事’时，需加介词 about 引出话题，不能直接接话题名词。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
喋喋不休；唠叨个没完
She prattled on about her day for an hour.
她喋喋不休地讲了她这一天的事，讲了一个小时。
不停闲聊；唠叨
The two friends prattled away over coffee.
两个朋友喝着咖啡聊个不停。
漫无边际地谈；唠叨
He prattled about nothing in particular.
他漫无边际地闲聊，没有什么正题。
说废话；胡说八道
Stop prattling nonsense and listen.
别再说废话了，听我说。
像孩子一样咿咿呀呀；幼稚地唠叨
The toddler prattled like a child discovering new words.
那个学步的小孩像刚学会新词的孩子一样咿咿呀呀说个不停。
絮叨不停；喋喋不休
She prattled on about her day for an hour.
她絮叨了一个小时，讲她这一天的事。
闲聊；唧唧喳喳说个不停
The children prattled away in the back seat.
孩子们在后座上唧唧喳喳说个不停。
Use prattles naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把prattle想成p+rattle（拨浪鼓）：小娃娃摇着拨浪鼓，‘噼里啪啦’说个不停——都是不重要的话。
语域：informal 常见场景：casual conversation with friends、family chat、light-hearted talk about trivial things prattle 多用于非正式场合，常带有轻微的嫌弃或玩笑语气，指某人没完没了地谈论琐碎、不重要的事。比较常见于日常闲聊，或形容小孩子咿咿呀呀说个不停。
rattle, battle, cattle and tattle rhyme exactly with prattle (/ˈprætəl/); chattel (/ˈtʃætəl/) also rhymes but is spelled with -ttel. Beware lookalikes such as bottle (/ˈbɑːtəl/) and pattern (/ˈpætərn/), which do not rhyme.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.