blather /ˈblæðə/ ( blathering, blathered, blathers )

• 1. 

  V-I If someone is blathering on about something, they are talking for a long time about something that you consider boring or unimportant. 喋喋不休; 废话连篇; 絮絮叨叨 [非正式]

  例：

  The old men blather on and on.

  这帮老头儿絮絮叨叨没完没了。

  例：

  Stop blathering.

  别絮叨了。

  例：

  He kept on blathering about police incompetence.

  他喋喋不休地说起警察的无能来。

• 2. 

  N-UNCOUNT Blather is also a noun. 废话; 胡说

  例：

  Anyone knows that all this is blather.

  任何人都知道这一切全是胡说。