blather
blather 英 [ˈblæðə(r)] 美 [ˈblæðɚ]
n. 胡说；废话 vi. 说废话；喋喋不休地说 vt. 滔滔不绝地讲
进行时:blathering 过去式:blathered 过去分词:blathered 第三人称单数:blathers 名词复数:blathers
- To blather is to talk on and on without saying anything very important or wise. If you blather all afternoon, it might be a welcome distraction to your friend who's grieving the death of her cat.
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- n. 胡说；废话
- vi. 说废话；喋喋不休地说
- vt. 滔滔不绝地讲
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1. easier to blather on for an hour than talk for a tight 18 minutes knowing that if you go over, you (literally) will get the hook.
一小时的喋喋不休很容易，18分钟的紧凑演讲反而很难，因为如果有重复段落，你就玩完了。
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2. This writer appearsto have a very poor grasp of the relevant human history and population geneticsin general. The result is poorly informed and sexist blather.
本文作者明显表现出对相关人类历史和群体遗传学知之甚少，结果苍白无力并有性歧视等胡说八道。
- blather (n.) "nonsense, foolish talk," 1787, blether, from blather (v.).
- blather (v.) 1520s, blether, Scottish, probably from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse blaðra "mutter, wag the tongue," perhaps of imitative origin, or from Proto-Germanic *blodram "something inflated" (the source of bladder). Related: Blathered; blathering.
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