tittle-tattle

英语

词源

tattle的重叠词。

名词

tittle-tattle (可数 和 不可数，复数 tittle-tattles)

1. 闲聊
   • 1712, John Arbuthnot, 章号 XI, 出自 Law is a Bottomless Pit: Or, the History of John Bull, London，第 136 页:

     Every idle Tittle-tattle that went about, Jack was always suspected for the author of it.

     不管是怎样的闲话，杰克都总能知道是谁说的。

2. 飞短流长
   • 1777, The Tatler; Or, Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq, 第 4 卷, Dublin: W. Whitestone, W. Watson, J. Williams, W. Wilson, 根据Richard SteeleThe Tatler n° 268 (1710)改编的edition，第 324 页:

     If I can once extirpate the race of solid and substantial humdrums, I hope by my wholesome and repeated advices, quickly to reduce the insignificant tittle-tattles and matter-of-fact-men that abound in every quarter of this great city.

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动词

tittle-tattle (第三人称单数简单现在时 tittle-tattles，现在分词 tittle-tattling，一般过去时及过去分词 tittle-tattled)

1. 闲聊
2. 飞短流长