v.小孩般說話；嘮叨；閑聊；空談
n.孩子氣的話；無聊話；連續(xù)而無意義的聲音
The baby is prattling away happily in her cot. 那幼兒在小床上呀呀自語(yǔ)，快活得很。
She prattles on about the village gossip. 她閑扯些村里的事。
Don't prattle about your theory. You must practise it and prove it. 不要空談你的理論，你必須去實(shí)踐它并檢驗(yàn)它。
用作名詞 (n.)I am not fond of the prattle of children, 我不喜歡小孩多嘴，
Your prattle begins to annoy me. 我已經(jīng)開始厭煩你的閑談了。
Amy's happy prattle became intolerable. 艾美興高采烈地嘰嘰喳喳說個(gè)不停，湯姆感到無法忍受。
n.饒舌；說半截話的人；小孩
