tittle-tattle

英語

詞源

tattle的重疊詞。

名詞

tittle-tattle (可數 和 不可數，複數 tittle-tattles)

1. 閒聊
   • 1712, John Arbuthnot, 章號 XI, 出自 Law is a Bottomless Pit: Or, the History of John Bull, London，第 136 頁:

     Every idle Tittle-tattle that went about, Jack was always suspected for the author of it.

     不管是怎樣的閒話，傑克都總能知道是誰說的。

2. 飛短流長
   • 1777, The Tatler; Or, Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq, 第 4 卷, Dublin: W. Whitestone, W. Watson, J. Williams, W. Wilson, 根據Richard SteeleThe Tatler n° 268 (1710)改編的edition，第 324 頁:

     If I can once extirpate the race of solid and substantial humdrums, I hope by my wholesome and repeated advices, quickly to reduce the insignificant tittle-tattles and matter-of-fact-men that abound in every quarter of this great city.

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

動詞

tittle-tattle (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 tittle-tattles，現在分詞 tittle-tattling，一般過去時及過去分詞 tittle-tattled)

1. 閒聊
2. 飛短流長