drivel

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˈdrɪv.əl]
• 美式音标 [ˈdrɪv.əl]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• n. 鼻涕；口水；糊涂话
• vi. 淌口水；流鼻涕；说傻话
• vt. 浪费

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• By Shakespeare`s time that had broadened to include dogbolt, drivel, marmoset, skitbrains and shack-rag.
  到了莎士比亚时代，又有一些新词出现。 其中包括：dogbolt, drivel, marmoset, skitbrains 和 shack-rag。
• Most of us have at least one or two on a constant loop, repeating the same negative —and often untrue— drivel day in and day out.
  每天，在一个持续不断的思维循环中，我们大多数人都会重复至少一到两个消极的，经常是不真实的愚蠢想法。
• This is drivel.
  这真是胡扯。

权威例句

• Other types of data, such as sensor output, may be useless drivel to prying eyes.
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• Journalistic sloppiness, negligence or misconduct that gives rise to Bittman-esque drivel about these issues is not unimportant.
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• These complaints are of course drivel but drivel on a number of levels.
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词组短语

短语

• drivel away 浪费;翻译
• drivel on 不停地胡说八道
• Derivative drivel 真叫我垂涎不已
• talk drivel 信口开河
• magnetostrictive drivel 磁致伸缩驱动

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• nonsense or boring and unnecessary information

柯林斯英英字典

• If you describe something that is written or said as drivel, you are critical of it because you think it is very silly.