prattling
present participle ofprattle
| 单词 | prattling |
| 释义 | prattling present participle ofprattle prattle verb[I] uk/ˈpræt.əl/us/ˈpræt̬.əl/totalkin asillyway or like achildfor alongtimeabout things that are notimportantor without saying anythingimportant: She'd have prattledon abouther newjobfor thewholeafternoonif I'dlether. Stopyourprattling and go tosleep! Synonyms blabberinformal chatter prateold-fashioned Compare gabbleverbmainlyUK gibbermainlydisapproving Ways of talking
Examplesofprattlingprattling In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The emphasis on the diminutive and the innocent happiness of the child highlight the failure of innocence; "pretty littleprattlinginnocence" succumbs to cruel villainy. From theCambridge English Corpus We no longer hear anyprattlingabout competitive private enterprise. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is no goodprattlingon about whether it is binding. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is no goodprattlingabout new signalling systems or little bits of electrification here and there. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He needs to be in a country for only three days to beprattling. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Have we got them rationalised, or are we justprattlingalong in the same old middle-class conventional attitudes to crime? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Socialists should remember in theirprattlingand wittering that, for the young service man and woman of today, the fundamental character of war will remain unchanged. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I would rather be grappling thanprattling. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If information is received from an innocentlyprattling4 year-old which leads to the parents being evicted, the parents inevitably will feel resentment and the child will inevitably feel guilt. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Europe is fond ofprattlingabout democracy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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