prate

• vt. 瞎扯
• n. 嘮叨；空談；瞎扯
• vi. 嘮叨
• n. (Prate)人名；(法)普拉特

來自中古英語praten,胡扯，瞎吹，來自Proto-Germanic*prattuz,誇誇其談，吹牛，擬聲詞，詞源同pretty.

prate (v.)

early 15c., from or related to Middle Dutch praten "to chatter" (c. 1400), from a Proto-Germanic imitative root (compare East Frisian proten, Middle Low German praten, Middle High German braten, Swedish prata "to talk, chatter"). Related: Prated; prating. As a noun from 1570s.

1. If the hen does not prate, she will not lay.

母雞不嘮叨不下蛋.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

2. Pen walked on, listening to his companion's prate, wondering, amused, and puzzled.

潘一路走去, 聽他同伴喋喋不休, 覺得又驚訝有趣, 又有些困惑不解.

來自互聯網