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Drivel is something said or written that is silly, empty, or does not really mean anything. It is an impatient, slightly word.
Drivel is something said or writtenDrivel是說出來或寫出來的東西， that is silly, empty, or does not really mean anything卻很蠢、空洞、或根本沒什麼意義 It is an impatient, slightly unkind word這個字帶著不耐煩、有點不客氣的語氣
You throw it at a speech, a column, or a TV chat that you think is a waste of time: people say that is complete drivel. It is informal, and it stings, so you would not use it about a classmate's careful work.
You throw it at a speech, a column, or a TV chat that you think is a waste of time你會用它來罵一場演講、一篇專欄、或一個你覺得在浪費時間的電視訪談： people say that is complete drivel人們會說that is complete drivel（那根本是廢話） It is informal, and it stings這是口語，而且帶刺， so you would not use it about a classmate's careful work所以不會拿來說同學認真做的作業
Though actually, the older meaning is still sitting there: drivel is also the wet stuff that runs from the mouth, like a baby. That picture is why the empty-talk meaning feels so sharp — you are calling the words .
Though actually不過其實， the older meaning is still sitting there這個字比較古老的意思還在： drivel is also the wet stuff that runs from the mouth, like a babydrivel也可以指從嘴巴流出來的口水，像嬰兒那樣 That picture is why the empty-talk meaning feels so sharp就是這個畫面讓「空話」這個意思顯得特別尖銳—— you are calling the words slobber因為你其實是在說對方講的話是口水
As a verb, to drivel on means to talk in that empty way; the noun is what you will meet most.
As a verb, to drivel on means to talk in that empty way當動詞的drivel on，意思是用那種空洞的方式一直講， the noun is what you will meet most但你最常遇到的還是名詞用法
組成Does not split in modern English. It comes from an old English verb meaning to let saliva run from the mouth. People later used the same word for talk that is just as messy and empty.
原始詞典資料9 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
drivelnoun詞源 1/dɹɪv.əl/
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Nonsense; senseless talk.
- “You pay too much attention to such insipid drivel in even mentioning it.”
- But what drivel I am writing! It is just an attempt to pass the weary time.
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rareSaliva, drool.
- He pauses as I wipe the drivel from his chin.
- He wiped drivel from his chin with a stubby forearm.
drivelverb詞源 2/dɹɪv.əl/
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To talk nonsense; to talk senselessly; to drool.
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archaicTo have saliva drip from the mouth.
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To be weak or foolish; to dote.
- This drivelling love is like a great natural, that runs lolling up and down to hide his bauble in a hole.
- driveling dotard
drivelnoun詞源 3/dɹɪv.əl/
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obsoleteA servant; a drudge.
- that foul aged drivel
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obsoleteA fool; an idiot.
- if thou didst know what a life I lead with that drivel, it would make thee even of pity receive me into thy only comfort
drivelverb詞源 4/dɹɪv.əl/
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obsoleteTo move or travel slowly.
- But that is a state of things, which must in time work its own cure. We cannot always go dribbling and drivelling along, government and people alike being the scoff of all onlookers.
- There was a good deal of bustle and life at the inn; but three or four inebriates drivelling about the premises were 'suffering a recovery,' from the excitement of the previous night's entertainment.
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obsoleteTo use up or to be used up.
- Instead of drivelling away the precious initiative season of life in the vain labour of teaching tuneable voices to sing[.]
- It is for the country to say whether we are to keep on in this backward course, whether we are to go on getting deeper and deeper into debt, whether we are to have increased taxation year after year. The bone and sinew of the land is drivelling away.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。