Rantings are the words themselves: a long stretch of loud, heated, messy complaint.

Rantings這個字 the words themselves指的是話語本身：a long stretch of一長串 loud, heated, messy大聲、激動、雜亂的 complaint抱怨。

English almost always uses the plural: his rantings, the rantings of… It often sounds colder than a rant. If you call something a rant, you might still be half-joking, even about yourself.

English英文 always幾乎總是 uses用 the plural複數形式: his rantings他的長篇抱怨、the rantings of某人的長篇抱怨等說法。it常常 often sounds聽起來 colder than a rant比單次的rant更冷淡。If you call something a rant如果你把某件事稱作rant, you might still be half-joking你可能還算是半開玩笑, even about yourself即使是在講自己的事。

If you call them rantings, you are more often waving the speech away, as if it is not worth following.

If you call them rantings如果你把它們稱作rantings, you你就 are more often較常是 waving the speech away把這段話揮開不理, as if it is not worth following好像它不值得聽下去。

You will meet it in news and in stories more than in kind everyday talk. Though actually, some people still say rantings just to mean a long angry speech without trying to be cruel; the tidy 'always rude' reading is tidier than life.

You will meet it你會遇到這個字 in news and in stories在新聞和故事裡 more than in kind everyday talk比在日常客氣的對話裡更常見。though actually不過其實, some people有些人 still say rantings還是會用rantings, just to mean只是想表示 a long angry speech一段很長的生氣的話 without trying to be cruel而不是想要刻薄; the tidy 'always rude' reading那種「總是很沒禮貌」的簡單說法 is tidier than life比實際情況乾淨整齊。

It is not a science word, and it is not a song.

It is not a science word它不是科學用語, and it is not a song也不是一首歌。