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

你老拿那些吝啬如命的船东和唠叨，好像船东的良心似的。

What she said was prate and prattle.

她的话都空谈和胡说。

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

比你更了解这年龄，尽管你会喋喋不休地谈论它。

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

又老又胖、不负责任、片面的东西， 像你样在隆冬里喋喋不休地谈论春天和鲜花！

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.

如果有时间，而不生自命不凡的仆人路过，会知道这切意味着什么。

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.

不论泽克什么时候出现在鸡场，她都会跑去迎接他，咯咯地叫不停，还会走在泽克的两腿之间，给他造成了不小的烦恼。

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.

想让你知道有自己的荣誉， 和你的样好， 虽然不会整天喋喋不休， 好像拥有任何荣誉都上帝的奇迹。