piffle

• n. 傻事；廢話
• vi. 講廢話；做無聊事；胡扯
• int. 胡扯！

來自擬聲詞根piff-,吹氣聲，詞源同puff,-le,表反複。引申詞義胡吹大氣，胡言亂語。

piffle (v.)

1847, of unknown origin, perhaps an alteration of trifle, by influence of piddle, etc. Or perhaps imitative of a puff of air, with diminutive suffix -el (2). As a noun by 1890.

1. He talks such a load of piffle.

他滿嘴胡說八道。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The entire report was piffle from beginning to end.

整個報告從頭至尾廢話連篇.

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