babble

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vi. 牙牙学语, 喋喋不休 vt. 唠叨, 吐露 n. 儿语, 胡言乱语, 嘈杂声 [计] 串音

发音

US /ˈbæb.(ə)l/
AU /ˈbæb.(ə)l/

词形变化

babbles 复数 babbles babbled babbles 三单 babbleth babbling babbling 现在分词 babbled 过去式 babbled 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Idle talk; senseless prattle

    废话

    闲话

    不可数
  2. 2.

    Inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur.

    不可数
  3. 3.

    A sound like that of water gently flowing around obstructions.

    不可数
v. C2
  1. 1.

    To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds

    不及物

    The men were babbling, so we couldn't make sense of anything.

  2. 2.

    To talk incoherently; to utter meaningless words.

    不及物
  3. 3.

    To talk too much; to chatter; to prattle.

    不及物

    She babbled on for hours about the importance of some new gadget.

    Radical rather than rhetorical, babble like an oracle

  4. 4.

    To make a continuous murmuring noise, like shallow water running over stones.

    不及物

    Hounds are said to babble, or to be babbling, when they are too noisy after having found a good scent.

  5. 5.

    To utter in an indistinct or incoherent way; to repeat words or sounds in a childish way without understanding.

    及物
  6. 6.

    To reveal; to give away (a secret).

    及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

babbling lallation

上位词 2

gibberish gibber
动词

同义词 10

talk sing bubble peach ripple blab tattle burble gurgle blab out

上位词 10

go talk speak break sound mouth chatter reveal discover expose

近义相关 3

talk spill gurgle

相关短语

babble word babble words

词源

From Middle English babelen, from Old English *bæblian, also wæflian (“to talk foolishly”), from Proto-West Germanic *bablōn, *wablōn, variants of *babalōn, from Proto-Germanic *babalōną (“to chatter”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰa-bʰa-, perhaps a reduplication of Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to say”), or a variant of Proto-Indo-European *baba- (“to talk vaguely, mumble”), or a merger of the two, possibly ultimately onomatopoeic/mimicry of infantile sounds (compare babe, baby). Cognate with Saterland Frisian babbelje (“to babble”), West Frisian babbelje (“to babble”), Dutch babbelen (“to babble, chat”), German Low German babbeln (“to babble”), German babbeln (“to babble”), Danish bable, bavle (“to babble”), Swedish babbla (“to babble”), Icelandic babla (“to babble”). Unrelated to Babel.

来源：wiktionary