speech or writing that goes on for a long time and does not seem to have any clear organization or purpose 东拉西扯的讲话[文章]
He refused to listen to their mad ramblings.
他拒绝听他们疯狂的胡言乱语。
Examples from the Corpus
ramblings• He was sometimesirritated by what he saw as Blanche's deductiveramblings, her obsession with the power of reason.• As Jung listened, her ramblings began to make sense.• Donna didn't even bother to acknowledge his ramblings now, her mind was too occupied.• He said they were the self-indulgentramblings of a patches-on-the-elbow peasant, and who the hell did he think he was anyway?• He had little time for flippancy or gossip, let alone the nostalgicramblings of an ex-employee.• Women who had long since stopped listening except to their own ossifiedramblings.• Could there possibly be any conceivabletruth behind Pooley's ramblings?• Through such ramblings we find out who we are.