Ramblings are speech or writing that goes on for a long time without a clear path. The speaker or writer jumps, repeats, wanders, and never quite arrives at a point.

Ramblings are speech or writingRamblings指的是說話或文字 that goes on for a long time without a clear path拖很長卻沒有清楚方向The speaker or writer說話或寫作的人 jumps, repeats, wanders跳來跳去、重複、繞來繞去 and never quite arrives at a point始終沒有講到重點

We almost always use it in the plural: his ramblings, late-night ramblings, the ramblings of an old diary. It is informal.

We almost always use it in the plural這個詞幾乎都用複數形 his ramblings他的ramblings late-night ramblings深夜的ramblings the ramblings of an old diary一本舊日記裡的ramblingsIt is informal這是個非正式的詞

It can be fond (“I love your ramblings about old films”) or impatient (“I couldn’t follow her ramblings”). It is not usually a hard insult like “lies”; it is more “this did not hold together.” Though actually a ramble, without the -s in that other use, can mean a walk in the country.

It can be fond可以是帶著喜愛的口氣 ("I love your ramblings about old films")（像「I love your ramblings about old films」我愛聽你東拉西扯講老電影） or impatient或是不耐煩的 ("I couldn't follow her ramblings")（像「I couldn't follow her ramblings」我聽不懂她在扯什麼）It is not usually a hard insult like "lies"它通常不像「lies」（說謊）那麼重 it is more "this did not hold together."比較像是在說「這段話沒有連貫起來」 a ramble, without the -s in that other use不過a ramble不加s的另一個用法 can mean a walk in the country可以是指到鄉間散步

Ramblings, in this sense, are wanderings of words, not of feet. A teacher might smile and say, “Let’s leave the ramblings and come back to the question.”

Ramblings, in this sense在這個意思裡 are wanderings of words是話語上的漫遊 not of feet不是腳步上的A teacher might smile and say老師可能會笑著說 "Let's leave the ramblings and come back to the question."「我們先把這些東拉西扯放一邊，回到問題上吧」