| 单词 | prate |
| 释义 | prate (once / 2955 pages) vn To prate means to talk on and on about something. While it may be interesting to hear about other people’s vacations, when they prate about them until the wee hours, it becomes intolerable. There are more than a few instances where the famous have discouraged prating. Nursing great Clara Barton discouraged prating about “moral influences” when she encouraged a cigarette and a good, stiff glass of whiskey for Civil War soldiers. Herman Melville warned against mocking a lover’s wounded heart, saying “the stabbed man knows the steel; prate not to him that it is only a tickling feather.” WORD FAMILYprate: prated, prater, prates, prating+/prater: praters USAGE EXAMPLESMr Prate spotted "an interesting 16th Century drawing" within the bundle and sought a second opinion from an art expert in Paris. BBC(Dec 13, 2016) Ney has been a prating attorney for more than 30 years, most recently working in private practice for an intellectual property firm. Washington Times(Aug 26, 2016) I love when I hear Those senators cheer, And prate how they hate States talking straight Out of their rear. Washington Post(Apr 22, 2015) 1v speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly Syn|Hypo|Hyper blab, blabber, chatter, clack, gabble, gibber, maunder, palaver, piffle, prattle, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle babble, blather, blether, blither, smatter to talk foolishly mouth, speak, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize express in speech 2n idle or foolish and irrelevant talk Syn|Hyper blether, chin music, idle talk, prattle cackle, chatter, yack, yak, yakety-yak noisy talk |
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