Babble
['bæb(ə)l] or ['bæbl]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby.
(verb.) to talk foolishly; 'The two women babbled and crooned at the baby'.
(verb.) utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way; 'The old man is only babbling--don't pay attention'.
錄入:纳丁--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. i.) To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds; as a child babbles.
(v. i.) To talk incoherently; to utter unmeaning words.
(v. i.) To talk much; to chatter; to prate.
(v. i.) To make a continuous murmuring noise, as shallow water running over stones.
(v. i.) To utter in an indistinct or incoherent way; to repeat, as words, in a childish way without understanding.
(v. i.) To disclose by too free talk, as a secret.
(n.) Idle talk; senseless prattle; gabble; twaddle.
(n.) Inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur.
艾莉森編輯
同義詞及近義詞:
v.n. [1]. Prattle, jabber, chatter, talk inarticulately.[2]. Prate, chat, gossip, palaver, tattle, be loquacious, talk idly or thoughtlessly.
v. a. Tell (foolishly), prate, utter, prate about.
n. Prattle, palaver, chit-chat, gabble, twaddle, chatter, balderdash, platitude, flummery, wish-wash, stuff, moonshine, fudge, trash, nonsense, small talk, idle talk, childish or foolish talk, frothy discourse.
編輯:厄休拉
解釋/意思:
v.i. to speak like a baby: to make a continuous murmuring sound like a brook &c.: to make a babbling noise: to tell secrets.—v.t. to prate: to utter.—adjs. Bab′blative Bab′bly.—ns. Bab′ble Bab′blement Bab′bling idle senseless talk: prattle: confused murmur as of a stream; Bab′bler one who babbles.
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例句/造句/用法:
- He was afraid that one day he would break down and be a purely meaningless babble lapping round a darkness. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- I began well; and, but for babbling drabs, I would have finished as I began! 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- Over babbling brooks they took impossible leaps, which seemed to keep them whole days suspended in the air. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- So if it were not for adult language, we should not be able to see the import of the babbling impulses of infancy. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
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