Thou art always prating to me, Starbuck, about those miserly owners, as if the owners were my conscience.

你老是拿那些吝啬如命船东和我唠叨，好像船东就是我良心似。

What she said was prate and prattle.

她话都是空和胡说。

I know the age better than you do, though you will prate about it so tediously.

我比你更了解这个年龄，尽管你会喋喋不休它。

An old, fat, irresponsible, one-sided object like you prating about springtime and flowers in the middle of winter!

一个又老又胖、不负责任、片面东西， 像你一样在隆冬里喋喋不休春天和鲜花！

If I had time, and was not in mortal dread of some prating prig of a servant passing, I would know what all this means.

如果我有时间，而不是生怕一个自命不凡仆人路过，我就会知道这一切意味着什么。

Whenever he appeared in the yard, she would run to meet him, prating and clucking all the time, and impeding his progress by walking between his legs, to his no small annoyance.

不泽克什么时候出现在鸡场，她都会跑去迎接他，咯咯叫个不停，还会走在泽克两腿之间，给他造成了不小烦恼。

I would have you to know I've an honour of my own, as good as yours, though I don't prate about it all day long, as if it was a God's miracle to have any.

我想让你知道我有自己荣誉， 和你一样好， 虽然我不会整天喋喋不休， 好像拥有任何荣誉都是上帝奇迹。