maunder
verb
mainlyUKorUSliteraryuk/ˈmɔːn.dər/us/ˈmɑːn.dɚ/totalkor write in aconfusedway, often for alongtime:
东拉西扯长篇大论地说/写Tonycontinuedto maunderonabout hisgreatpassion.托尼继续滔滔不绝地讲他最爱做的事情。
He maunderedabouther being thebestthing that hadeverhappenedto him.他胡乱地唠叨说发生在他身上最好的事情就是遇见了她。
Synonym
ramble(TALK/WRITE)disapproving
tomoveorbehavein aslow,lazyway, withoutpayingattentionto anything:
徘徊，闲逛；心不在焉地做事And who is going towatchhim maundering about for two-and-a-halfhours?而且谁会想看他闲逛两个半小时呢？
- I couldhearmykinsmanmaundering to himself in analteredandmelancholymood.
- There was Ray, maundering andmumblingandfallingover.
- I didn't, forexample,thinkwe'd maunder through thetwilightyearsofourkind, justsplittinghairs.
- Hebeganto maunder around thecourtlike a man who hadlostadollarandfoundadime.
Ways of talking
- babble
- beg the questionidiom
- blah
- blether
- blither
- coo
- declaim
- declamatory
- drone on
- gabble
- loose
- mumble
- pipe
- quaver
- ramble
- rattle on/away
- talk trashidiom
- throwyourvoiceidiom
- trill
- yak
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