音标:[preɪtɪŋ] ;
v. (古时用语)唠叨, 啰唆( prate的现在分词 )
p. pr. & vb. n. of Prate
词型变化:名词复数形式 : pratings

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】

Who's there? hearing the footstep at the door, but not turning round to it. On deck! Begone! 谁呀?听到了门边的脚步声,可是,没有回过头来。上甲板去!滚蛋,滚蛋! Captain Ahab mistakes; it is I. 亚哈船长弄错啦,

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At the end of a lane, flanked on one side by a quickset hedge, on the other by a wild common, what was called the copse commenced; 小路的一边是简易的栅栏,另外一边是片空地,小路的尽头就是小树林了。 but before I arrive

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