tell a taradiddle
taradiddle 指无伤大雅的小谎。
He told a taradiddle about his grades.
他编了个关于成绩的微不足道的谎话。
小谎；无关紧要的谎话
胡扯；华而不实的空话；浮夸或愚蠢的言谈；无关紧要的谎言；微不足道的谎话
浮夸或愚蠢的言谈
pretentious or silly talk or writing
无关紧要的谎言
a trivial lie
She told a taradiddle about being late, but everyone knew the real reason.
她编了个无关紧要的谎话解释迟到，但大家都知道真正的原因。
用法提示：taradiddle 在此处作名词，表示“小谎、无关紧要的谎话”。
He laughed off the whole story as a taradiddle not worth believing.
他把整件事当作不值得相信的玩笑话一笑置之。
用法提示：taradiddle 作名词，表示“胡扯、不足信的谎话”。
It was only a taradiddle, so no one got angry when the truth came out.
那不过是个小谎，所以真相大白时没人真的生气。
用法提示：taradiddle 作名词，强调谎言微不足道、无关紧要。
taradiddle 指无伤大雅的小谎。
He told a taradiddle about his grades.
他编了个关于成绩的微不足道的谎话。
That speech was a pack of taradiddle.
那篇演讲全是矫饰的废话。
grammar · medium
易错句子He taradiddled about his age.
正确表达He told a taradiddle about his age.
Taradiddle 是名词，不可用作动词。中文翻译“说瞎话”易导致误用为动词，英语中必须使用 tell a taradiddle 结构。
grammar · medium
易错句子He told many taradiddle yesterday.
正确表达He told many taradiddles yesterday.
Taradiddle 是可数名词，复数形式应加 -s。中文无单复数变化，容易忽略复数词尾。
fib 指无伤大雅的谎话，taradiddle 强调微不足道且常带矫饰或空洞。
white lie 是为了避免伤害他人而说的谎，taradiddle 是琐碎或矫饰的假话。
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