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drivel

英 ['drɪv(ə)l] 美 ['drɪvl]

n. 鼻涕；口水；糊涂话
vi. 淌口水；流鼻涕；说傻话
vt. 浪费

中文词源

drivel 胡说，废话

来自PIE*dher, 使泥泞，污浊，词源同dregs, dross. 引申义流鼻涕，胡说，废话。

英文词源

drivel (n.): early 14c., drevel "saliva, slaver," from drivel (v.). Meaning "idiotic speech or writing" is from 1852.
drivel (v.): Old English dreflian "to dribble or run at the nose, slobber," from Proto-Germanic *drab-, from PIE *dher- (1) "to make muddy, darken." Meaning "to speak nonsense" is mid-14c. Related: Driveling, drivelling.

双语例句

1. What absolute drivel!: 一派胡言！

2. How can you watch that drivel on TV?: 你怎么能看电视上那种胡说八道的东西？

3. I have never heard such silly drivel in all my life.: 我一生中从未听到过这样的蠢话.

4. She is still writing mindless drivel.: 她还在写些没头没脑的东西。

5. Xiangzi couldn't bear to listen to this drivel.: 祥子不能再听这些闲盘儿.