英:['bæblɪŋ]
美:['bæblɪŋ]
英:['bæblɪŋ]
美:['bæblɪŋ]
n.
胡说,婴儿发出的咿哑声
adj.
胡说的
v.
喋喋不休( babble的现在分词 )
作潺潺声(如流水)
含糊不清地说话
泄漏秘密
词根:babe
n.babe 婴儿,小孩;女孩;天真幼稚的人
babble 含糊不清的话;胡言乱语;潺潺声
babbler 胡说之人;说话模糊不清的人
vi.babble 喋喋不休;呀呀学语;作潺潺声
vt.babble 含糊不清地说;泄露
noun
idle, foolish, or nonsensical talk or chatter
… the … remarks would have been nothing short of treason, if they had not been so obviously the mere babblings of an irresponsible lunatic.—P. G. Wodehouse
the production of meaningless strings of speech sounds by infants
Babbling usually coincides with the beginning of one-handed reaching and rhythmic hand activity.—M. R. Hiller
adjective
talking idly or foolishly
a babbling drunk
producing meaningless speech sounds
a babbling baby
producing a quiet, continuous sound (such as the sound of flowing water)
a babbling brook
“muttering, foolish talk,” 约1400年,来自 babble(v.)的动名词。形容词 babblative “爱闲聊的”可追溯至1580年代。相关词汇: Babblingly。
咿呀语
The first known use of babbling was in the 13th century
1 She did not know; she knew she was babbling.
她不知道;只知道她是在胡说一气。
2 “Stop babbling, Pastor Ambrose, and go and join the army! How is your speaking-in-tongues helping our cause?”
3 Will they open my pod hundreds of years later and find a babbling girl—green drool dripping from the side of my mouth?
4 I could hear the sound of a babbling brook.
我听得见小溪潺潺的流水声.
5 I followed him down, and we passed pilgrims by the thousands, babbling languages, everything but English.
6 "Traitors," Joffrey was babbling excitedly, "I'll have all their heads, I'll-—" The dwarf slapped his flushed face so hard the crown flew from Joffrey's head.
7 So they went about fingering, taking up the streamers of gold, moving them back and forth, grabbing them to themselves, babbling, talking gibberish among themselves.
8 I didn't get what he was babbling about, till the lettuce finally came up in wavy lines and bunches instead of straight rows.
9 The chaplain’s babbling confidence did not falter for an instant.
10 Nearby, Gabriel played happily on the floor, babbling his baby talk, looking with glee now and then toward Jonas, obviously delighted to have him back after the unexpected night away from the dwelling.
11 Some sat up babbling words with no meaning while tearing at their own hair and clothing.
12 The group wound its way past ancient trees, and over rolling meadows, and through babbling streams, collecting more and more curious animals as they went.
13 There’s even a babbling stream that snakes its way through the room, but there are no fish—at least no real ones.
14 At other tables, other babies performed their own pantomimes of joy and misery, shrieking and babbling, breast-feeding, bottle-feeding, reaching for their parents’ steak knives and cocktail glasses.
15 “What?” asked Montag of that other self, the subconscious idiot that ran babbling at times, quite independent of will, habit, and conscience.
16 But Armpit knew he wasn’t good at making jokes, and if he didn’t write his speech down, he would just stand there, sweating and babbling nervously.
17 Moments when Jaimito wakes up babbling to himself and then, when he sees me, lights up with a smile.
18 They can’t be expected to learn the languages of all the different species they deal with, babbling across the galaxy, some of them speaking in smells or patterned light.
19 What is he babbling about?
他在唠叨什么?
20 I imagine it’s different for him now, no lazy Saturday sex or scrambled eggs, instead a different sort of joy, a little girl tucked up between him and his wife, babbling away.
1 潺潺流水声
2 唠叨
verbose wordy crotchety snappish shrewish wordily snap verbosity blatter termagancy rabbit jaw chatter yap maunder blither babble
3 胡说
tilly-vally horsefeathers ball shit crap rot blah bullshit bunk fudge crock mush cobbler applesauce drivel baloney hogwash gammon guff horseshit hooey poppycock folderol bunkum codswallop flimflam bosh piffle trumpery tommyrot flapdoodle falderal squit drool haver smatter
4 胡说的
6 饶舌
talking wordy garrulous newsy gabby tonguey loose-tongued mag talkee-talkee patter verbiage garrulity overtalk bibful jaw prittle-prattle tongue troll chatter wag powwow like to hear oneself speak beat gums
8 喋喋不休
long-winded loquacious garrulous big-mouthed yakky rattle gossip chatter jangle yammer loquacity garrulity jaw-jaw yatter clack blabber jaw chelp potsky jargon chipper twiddle chaw talk away beat chops flip lip talk head gabby long-tongued garrulously jabber blatter yackety-yak yak cackle yap gab blather gabble tattle natter prate talk head off go nineteen to the dozen run nineteen to the dozen wag nineteen to the dozen wag jaws wag jaw wag tongue speak forty to the dozen speak nineteen to the dozen speak twenty to the dozen talk forty to the dozen talk nineteen to the dozen talk twenty to the dozen
10 潺潺