English Dictionary

drivel

IPA（発音記号）

/dɹɪv.əl/

動詞

To move or travel slowly. / To use up or to be used up.

日本語の意味

（ゆっくり）移動する、進む / 使い果たす、（何かが）使い尽かされる

The convoy will drivel along the narrow mountain road, taking hours to reach the summit.

その車列は狭い山道をのろのろ進むだろう。頂上に到着するのに何時間もかかる。

意味（1）

To 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.

意味（2）

To 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[.]

drivels （ present singular third-person ）

driveling （ participle present ）

driveled （ participle past ）

driveled （ past ）