PIE *dher から、濁る、汚れる、語源的には dregs, dross と同じ。 語源は snotty, bollocks, nonsense。
英語の語源
drivel (n.)
early 14c., drevel "saliva, slaver," from drivel (v.). Meaning "idiotic speech or writing" is from 1852.
drivel (v.)
Old English dreflian "to dribble or run at the nose, slobber," from Proto-Germanic *drab-, from PIE *dher- (1) "to make muddy, darken." Meaning "to speak nonsense" is mid-14c. Related: Driveling, drivelling.
例文
1. What absolute drivel !
でたらめ!
2.How can you watch that drivel on TV?
テレビでそんなでたらめを言うものをどうして見ることができますか。
3.I have never heard such silly drivel in all my life.
私は一生このようなばかな話を聞いたことがありません。
4.She is still writing mindless drivel .
彼女はまだ頭の悪いことを書いている。
5.Xiangzi couldn 't bear to listen to this drivel .