babble
- IPA[ˈbabl]
英式
- talk rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way；utter something rapidly and incoherently
- the sound of people talking simultaneously；foolish, excited, or confused talk
verb: babble, 3rd person present: babbles, gerund or present participle: babbling, past tense: babbled, past participle: babbled
noun: babble, plural noun: babbles
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. talk rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way they babbled on about their holiday 同義詞
- ▪ utter something rapidly and incoherently I gasped and stared and babbled, 'Look at this!'
- ▪ reveal something secret or confidential by talking carelessly he babbled to another convict while he was in jail 同義詞
- 2. (of flowing water) make a continuous murmuring sound the shallow river babbled over smooth rocks 同義詞
名詞
- 1. the sound of people talking simultaneously the answers were difficult to hear amid the babble of conversation a confused babble of voices
- ▪ foolish, excited, or confused talk her soft voice stopped his babble
- 2. the continuous murmuring sound of flowing water the babble of a brook
