drivel

• n. 鼻涕；口水；糊塗話
• vi. 淌口水；流鼻涕；說傻話
• vt. 浪費

來自PIE*dher, 使泥濘，汙濁，詞源同dregs, dross. 引申義流鼻涕，胡說，廢話。

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.

1. What absolute drivel!

一派胡言！

來自柯林斯例句

2. How can you watch that drivel on TV?

你怎麽能看電視上那種胡說八道的東西？

來自《權威詞典》

3. I have never heard such silly drivel in all my life.

我一生中從未聽到過這樣的蠢話.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》

4. She is still writing mindless drivel.

她還在寫些沒頭沒腦的東西。

來自辭典例句

5. Xiangzi couldn't bear to listen to this drivel.

祥子不能再聽這些閑盤兒.

來自漢英文學 - 駱駝祥子