drivel

英 [ˈdrɪvl]

美 [ˈdrɪvl]

n.  蠢话; 傻话; 废话
v.  老是说傻话; 喋喋不休地说无聊话

现在分词：drivelling　过去式：drivelled　第三人称单数：drivels　过去分词：drivelled　

GRE

BNC.34571 / COCA.27601

牛津词典

noun

• 蠢话；傻话；废话
  silly nonsense
  1. 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？

verb

• 老是说傻话；喋喋不休地说无聊话
  to keep talking about silly or unimportant things

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 蠢话;废话
  If you describe something that is written or said asdrivel, you are critical of it because you think it is very silly.
  1. What absolute drivel!
     一派胡言！
  2. She is still writing mindless drivel.
     她还在写些没头没脑的东西。

英英释义

noun

• saliva spilling from the mouth
  Synonym:drooldribbleslobber
• a worthless message
  Synonym:garbage

verb

• let saliva drivel from the mouth
  1. The baby drooled
  Synonym:droolslabberslaverslobberdribble

双语例句

• Catherine, before you buy into this drivel, ask yourself why does China have a trade surplus with the US, and why the US has trouble paying its debt, i.e raising the debt ceiling?
  凯瑟琳，在你说出这些胡言乱语之前，问问自己，为什么中国对美国有一个贸易顺差，以及我们为什么支付债务困难，提高债务上限？
• You're going to have to rewrite this essay-at the moment, it's just drivel.
  你得重写这篇文章按现在的情形看，它根本就是言之无物。
• Employees are likely to laugh their tails off at any boss who cites this drivel as inspiration.
  老板要把这一派胡言奉为灵感，雇员可能会笑掉大牙。
• This is triple-A drivel.
  这是个三A级的胡话。
• You and the lunatic fringe that listen to this drivel have ruined the country, and subverted conservatism into the ideology of hate.
  你和那些听这些胡言乱语的极端分子简直毁了这个国家，愚蠢地把保守主义颠覆成了怨恨！
• How can you watch that drivel on TV?
  你怎麽能看电视上那种胡说八道的东西？
• The promotional video for the event shows MS Shriver talking a blue streak of drivel.
  在该活动的宣传视频中，施莱弗女士废话连篇。
• Xiangzi couldn't bear to listen to this drivel.
  祥子不能再听这些闲盘儿。
• No offence, mark, butwe both know thatthis is drivel.
  别生气，马克，但你我都清楚这是骗人的。
• Both men are creating a new sort of business drivel: billionaire financier drivel.
  这两人都在创造一种新的商业胡话：亿万富翁金融家的胡话。