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1. Oxford Dictionary

   babble

   • IPA[ˈbabl]

   英式

   • v.
     talk rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way；utter something rapidly and incoherently
   • n.
     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

2. • 釋義

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. talk rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way they babbled on about their holiday 同義詞 prattle, rattle on, gabble, chatter, jabber, ... 更多twitter, go on, run on, prate, ramble, burble, blather, blether, blither, maunder, drivel, patter, yap, jibber-jabber, slabber, informalgab, yak, yackety-yak, yabber, yatter, yammer, blabber, jaw, gas, shoot one's mouth off, witter, rabbit, chunter, natter, waffle, run off at the mouth, mag, archaictwaddle, clack, twattle
   • ▪ 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 blurt out, blab, reveal, divulge, let slip, ... 更多let out, give away, come out with, informalspill
   • 2. (of flowing water) make a continuous murmuring sound the shallow river babbled over smooth rocks 同義詞 burble, murmur, gurgle, purl, tinkle, ... 更多literaryplash

   n.

   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