blather
英語
編輯詞源 1
編輯源自中古英語 bletheren、bloderen，源自古諾爾斯語 blaðra (「說胡話」)。與低地蘇格蘭語 blether、bladder、bledder (「胡扯」)，德語方言bladdern (「說胡話」)、挪威語 bladra (「含糊不清地說」)、冰島語 blaðra (「說廢話」)同源。
其他形式
編輯- blether (英國北部、蘇格蘭、愛爾蘭北部)
發音
編輯動詞
編輯blather (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 blathers，現在分詞 blathering，一般過去時及過去分詞 blathered)
- (不及物，貶義) 喋喋不休地胡扯
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- 2001, Richard Flanagan, 「The Pot-Bellied Seahorse」, in Gould’s Book of Fish, New York, N.Y.: Grove Atlantic, 2014, section 5:[1]
- On and on he blathered, taking refuge in the one thing he felt lent him superiority: words.
- (及物，貶義) 胡說道，亂講說
- 1929, Eugene O』Neill, Dynamo, New York, N.Y.: Liveright, Act I, scene i, page 31:[2]
- Then, just before the wedding, the old man feels he’s honor bound to tell his future son-in-law the secret of his past; so the damned idiot blathers the whole story of his killing the man and breaking jail!
- 1974, Robert Pirsig, chapter 18, in Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, New York, N.Y.: William Morrow, part 3, page 214:[3]
- […] the church attitude has never been that a teacher should be allowed to blather anything that comes into his head without any accountability at all.
- 1929, Eugene O』Neill, Dynamo, New York, N.Y.: Liveright, Act I, scene i, page 31:[2]
衍生詞彙
編輯名詞
編輯blather (不可數)
- (貶義) 胡話，蠢話
- 1897, G. A. Henty, With Moore at Corunna, New York: Scribner, Chapter 1, p. 16,[4]
- That is the worst of being in an Irish regiment, nothing can be done widout ever so much blather;
- 1922, Rafael Sabatini, Captain Blood, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, Chapter 23, p. 265,[5]
- Will you cease your blather of mutiny and treason and courts-martial?
- 1995, Rohinton Mistry, A Fine Balance, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, Part 5, p. 280,[6]
- With years of proofreading under my belt, I knew exactly the blather and bluster favoured by professional politicians.
- 1897, G. A. Henty, With Moore at Corunna, New York: Scribner, Chapter 1, p. 16,[4]
近義詞
編輯詞源 2
編輯名詞
編輯blather (複數 blathers)
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- 1596, Charles Fitzgeoffrey, Sir Francis Drake His Honorable Lifes Commendation, and His Tragicall Deathes Lamentation, Oxford: Joseph Barnes,[7]