V2EX prate

Prate

释义 Definition

prate 是一个动词,意为"喋喋不休地说,唠叨",通常指说一些无聊或无意义的话。也可作名词,指空洞的废话。

发音 Pronunciation

/pret/

例句 Examples

He would prate on about his childhood for hours without noticing that no one was listening.
他会滔滔不绝地讲他的童年故事,丝毫没有注意到没人在听。

The old men sat in the square, prating endlessly about the weather and the price of grain, while the world moved on without them.
老人们坐在广场上,没完没了地唠叨天气和粮价,而世界早已把他们抛在了身后。

词源 Etymology

prate 源自中古英语 praten,与中古低地德语 praten 及荷兰语 praten(意为"说话")同源。该词最早出现于15世纪,带有轻蔑意味,暗示所说的话空洞无物、令人厌烦。

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文学作品引用 Literary References

  • 莎士比亚在《哈姆雷特》(Hamlet)中使用过此词,哈姆雷特在杀死波洛涅斯后说道:"A wretched, rash, intruding fool… thou find'st to be too busy is some danger." 波洛涅斯正是一个典型的 prate 式人物喜欢喋喋不休地说教。
  • 在莎士比亚的《奥赛罗》(Othello)中,伊阿古也使用了 prate 一词,带有对空谈者的蔑视之意。
  • 乔叟(Chaucer)在《坎特伯雷故事集》(The Canterbury Tales)中也运用了该词的早期形式,描绘那些爱唠叨的朝圣者。
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