Twaddle is talk or writing that you think is empty and foolish — words that sound like they mean something but do not. You use it to dismiss what someone has said.

Twaddle廢話（twaddle） is話或文字 talk or writing 也就是that you think is empty and foolish你覺得空洞又愚蠢的話——words that sound like they mean something but do not聽起來好像有意義,其實沒有。You use it你會用這個字 to dismiss what someone has said來打發、否定別人說的話。

The feeling in it is important: it is scornful, but it is a mild, old-fashioned kind of scorn, the sort of thing an older British person says while putting the newspaper down. Because of that, it sounds much gentler than the rude words English has for the same idea, and it can even sound a bit amusing.

The feeling in it這個字帶的語氣 is important很重要：it is scornful它是輕蔑的，but it is a mild, old-fashioned kind of scorn但是一種溫和、老派的輕蔑，the sort of thing an older British person says while putting the newspaper down就像年長的英國人放下報紙時會說的那種話。Because of that正因如此，it sounds much gentler than the rude words English has for the same idea它聽起來比英文裡罵同樣意思的粗話溫和多了，and it can even sound a bit amusing甚至聽起來還有點好笑。

It is most often used with words that make it stronger: 'utter twaddle', 'complete twaddle', 'a load of twaddle'.

It is most often used with words that make it stronger它最常搭配加強語氣的字一起用：'utter twaddle'（'utter twaddle'）、'complete twaddle'（'complete twaddle'）、'a load of twaddle'（'a load of twaddle'）。

It is uncountable, so you say 'that's twaddle', never 'a twaddle' or 'twaddles'.

It is uncountable它是不可數名詞，so you say 'that's twaddle'所以你會說 'that's twaddle'，never 'a twaddle' or 'twaddles'絕不會說 'a twaddle' 或 'twaddles'。

It is far more common in British English than American, and it is not really a young person's word — a Taiwanese student is much more likely to read it in a book or hear it in a British drama than to hear a classmate say it.

It is far more common in British English than American它在英式英文裡比美式常見得多，and it is not really a young person's word而且也不是年輕人常用的字——a Taiwanese student台灣學生 is much more likely to read it in a book or hear it in a British drama比較可能是在書裡讀到或在英劇裡聽到 than to hear a classmate say it而不是聽到同學這樣說。

There is also a rare verb, to twaddle, meaning to talk on and on about nothing, but you will almost never meet it.

There is also a rare verb還有一個少見的動詞，to twaddle（to twaddle）meaning to talk on and on about nothing意思是講個沒完卻什麼內容也沒有，but you will almost never meet it但你幾乎不會遇到它。