prate是什么意思？

prate

英[preɪt] 美[pret]

• vi. （古时用语）唠叨，啰唆；

第三人称单数：prates;

过去式：prated;

过去分词：prated;

现在分词：prating;

例句

• If the hen does not prate,she will not lay. 母鸡不唠叨不下蛋。
• 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.
• If the hen does not prate, she will not lay. 母鸡不唠叨不下蛋.

英汉词典释义

• vi.
  (古时用语)唠叨,啰唆
  If the hen does not prate,she will not lay. 母鸡不唠叨不下蛋。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. idle or foolish and irrelevant talk
• Verb
  1. speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly