tittle-tattle

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Petty, idle gossip. uncountable
    — Every idle Tittle-tattle that went about, Jack was always ſuſpected for the author of it: […]
  2. An idle, trifling talker; a gossip. countable,uncountable
    — 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.
动词 v.
  1. To engage in gossip.
    — ‘I hope you two have been mewed in with that old pussy long enough. While you’ve been tittle-tattling I’ve been doing, — listen to what this bobby’s got to say.’
  2. To spread gossip.

词形变化

tittle-tattles plural tittle-tattles present,singular,third-person tittle-tattling participle,present tittle-tattled participle,past tittle-tattled past

词汇关系

衍生词
tittle-tattler

词源

词源 1
Reduplication of tattle.
词源 2
Reduplication of tattle.
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