| 单词 | twaddle |
| 释义 | twaddle noun[U] UKinformaluk/ˈtwɒd.əl/us/ˈtwɑː.dəl/speechor writing that issillyor nottrue: 无聊话，废话Shedismissedthefindingsasuttertwaddle/aloadofoldtwaddle.她认为这些研究结果只不过是一堆废话，根本不予理睬。 Synonyms baloney(NONSENSE)mainlyUSinformal codswallopUKslang garbage nonsense toshold-fashionedinformal Nonsense
Examplesoftwaddletwaddle How did the precious coin of the sovereign become thetwaddleof misguided preachers? From theCambridge English Corpus Twaddle's introduction is really a set of ' remarks ', a mix of observations and small and common-sensical conclusions. From theCambridge English Corpus Then we twiddle and, more often than not, all we get istwaddleor, to be more precise, nothing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not understand how a man can get up and talk such silly senselesstwaddleon such a serious question. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no longer anytwaddleabout the stop list, scheduling, descheduling and rescheduling—the stop and go. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I have never heard so muchtwaddlein my life. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 This is not dealing with sentimentaltwaddlebut dealing with the level of wages. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Tell that to your pal at your side—all thattwaddle. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I have never heard such unadulteratedtwaddleand rubbish in my life. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I consider that paragraph to be a beautiful example of ineffabletwaddle. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We have listened this morning to some of the most arranttwaddlepossible. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Why not have a conference of these men and cut out all this politicaltwaddle? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 All this talk about building operatives' wages causing the cost of houses to go up istwaddle. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Why do we have all thistwaddleabout the same ideals? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He certainly did not go in for bipartisanship, but we heard a great deal oftwaddle. 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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