音标:[preit] ;
vi. 唠叨, 空谈
vt. 瞎扯
n. 唠叨, 空谈, 瞎扯
n. idle or foolish and irrelevant talk
词型变化:现在分词 : prating ; 第三人称单数 : prates ; 过去式 : prated ; 过去分词 : prated ; 名词复数形式 : prates ; 形容词比较级 : prater ; 形容词最高级 : pratest
考试类型:[托福/GRE]

prate的用法和样例:

例句

用作动词(v.)
  1. Listen to him prating on about nothing.听他瞎唠叨。
用作名词(n.)
  1. Pen walked on, listening to his companion's prate, wondering, amused, and puzzled.潘一路走去,听他同伴喋喋不休,觉得又惊讶有趣,又有些困惑不解。
  2. However, his query and pursue have never been a prate.但他的质问和追索并未因此失于空泛。

词汇搭配

  • prate about空谈

经典引文

  • Those who prate about marriage as an emancipation for a woman.

    出自:A. S. Neill
  • Prate not to me of suicide.

    出自:Stevie Smith
【近义词】

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