babble

美 [ˈbæbl]英 [ˈbæbl]
  • v.含混不清地说;(水流过石块)潺潺作响;含糊不清地说;嘀里嘟噜地说
  • n.胡言乱语;含混不清的话;嘈杂的人声;(幼儿)咿呀学语声

过去式: babbled 现在分词: babbling 过去分词: babbled 第三人称单数: babbles

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noun

1

嘈杂的人声
the sound of many people speaking at the same time

a babble of voices

人声嘈杂

2

含混不清的话;胡言乱语
talking that is confused or silly and is difficult to understand

I can't listen to his constant babble.

我听不得他那没完没了的瞎扯。

3

(幼儿)咿呀学语声
the sounds a baby makes before beginning to say actual words

verb

1

含混不清地说;嘀里嘟噜地说
to talk quickly in a way that is difficult to understand

They were all babbling away in a foreign language.

他们都叽里咕噜地说着外语。

I realized I was babbling like an idiot.

我意识到我像个傻瓜一样在胡言乱语。

2

(水流过石块)潺潺作响
to make the sound of water flowing over rocks, like a stream

a babbling brook

潺潺的小溪

babble

频次

  • 1
    VERB 含糊不清地说;兴奋地说
    If someone babbles, they talk in a confused or excited way.

    Momma babbled on and on about how he was ruining me...

    妈妈喋喋不休地念叨着他正如何毁掉我。

  • 2
    N-SING 嘈杂声;含混不清的说话声
    You can refer to people's voices as a babble of sound when they are excited and confused, preventing you from understanding what they are saying.

    Kemp knocked loudly so as to be heard above the high babble of voices...

    肯普大声敲着,好让人们在一片高声喧嚷中听到他的声音。

noun

1
gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby
Synonym: babbling lallation

verb

1
divulge confidential information or secrets
Be careful--his secretary talks
Synonym: spill the beans let the cat out of the bag talk tattle blab peach sing babble out blab out
2
to talk foolishly
The two women babbled and crooned at the baby
Synonym: blather smatter blether blither
3
utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way
The old man is only babbling--don't pay attention
4
flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
babbling brooks
Synonym: ripple guggle burble bubble gurgle

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  1. She babbled on about her dead son .

    她一直在含糊不清地说她去世的儿子。

  2. ' Er , hello , viewers , ' he babbled .

    “呃,观众们,你们好,”他含混不清地说。

  3. They were all babbling away in a foreign language .

    他们都叽里咕噜地说着外语。

  4. I realized I was babbling like an idiot .

    我意识到我像个傻瓜一样在胡言乱语。

  5. They began to curse and shout in a babble of languages .

    他们开始用不同的语言叽里咕噜地谩骂吵嚷起来。

  6. Kemp knocked loudly so as to be heard above the high babble of voices

    肯普大声敲着,好让人们在一片高声喧嚷中听到他的声音。

  7. I heard , even over the babble of the crowd , a sharp , shocked intake of breath .

    即便人声鼎沸,我还是听到有人猛地倒抽一口冷气。

  8. They all babbled simultaneously

    他们同时叽里咕噜地说了起来。

  9. She always babbles about the mistakes made by her son .

    她总是对儿子的错误唠叨不休。

  10. He doesn 't realize that he has babbled about the new plan to his rival .

    他没有意识到他已经失口把新计划泄漏给了他的对手。

  11. The baby babbles .

    这婴儿牙牙学语。

  12. He stood by the stream listening to the babbling of the stream .

    他站在小溪边倾听着淙淙的流水声。

  13. I heard the faint babble in the neighbouring room .

    我隐约听到隔壁房间嘁嘁喳喳的说话声。

  14. The waterside flower sheds petals for love , while the heartless brook babbles on .

    落花有意,流水无情。

  15. I trace the lucid brook , babbling along , ho , go through the lush woods , so hazy .

    踪清溪之溅溅兮,穿茂林之蔼蔼。

  16. No one could understand the little baby 's babble .

    没人能听懂这个小婴孩的话。

  17. I could hear the sound of a babbling brook .

    我听得见小溪潺潺的流水声

  18. The babble of voices in the next compartment annoyed all of us .

    隔壁的车厢隔间里不间歇的嘈杂谈话声让我们都很气恼。

  19. Nobody likes a chatterbox who babbles about every little thing they do .

    没有人喜欢一个爱唠叨的人整天对一些所做的小事胡言乱语

  20. Don 't be fooled by their babbling . It 's nothing of the sort .

    别听他们胡说八道,根本就没那回事。

  21. She babbled a few words to him .

    她对他说了几句不知所云的话

  22. The old man is only babbling & don 't pay attention .

    老人只是呀呀学语不用管他。

  23. Standardized Mandarin Sentence Perception in Babble Noise Test Materials for Children

    嘈杂语噪声下普通话儿童语句测听表的标准化

  24. When I get nervous , I kind of babble a little .

    我一紧张就会碎碎念。

  25. I want to keep her to babble about the house .

    我需要她待在我家里叽叽喳喳地有说有笑。

  26. But these days a new language can be heard in the commercial babble : Chinese .

    但最近可以听见新的招揽生意的含混语言:汉语。

  27. I could hear the babble of voices in the next room .

    我能听见隔壁房间发出不问歇的嘈杂谈话声。

  28. The fellow kept babbling away and would not hold his tongue .

    那个家伙唠唠叨叨地讲个不停,不肯住嘴。

  29. I could hear the distant babble of women 's voices .

    我可以听到远处妇女们模糊不清的说话声。

  30. Sometimes teachers babble . Sometimes they reiterate what you already know .

    有时老师只是在东扯西拉,有时只是在重复你已经知道的东西。

babble chatter 【导航词义:唠唠叨叨】
babble v. 唠唠叨叨(地说);愚蠢地说出
〔辨析〕

强调说话唠唠叨叨,有时含叽里咕噜、含糊不清的意思;也可用于表示“失口说出(某事)”。

〔例证〕

She always babbles about the mistakes made by her son.

她总是对儿子的错误唠叨不休。

He doesn't realize that he has babbled about the new plan to his rival.

他没有意识到他已经失口把新计划泄漏给了他的对手。

chatter v. 喋喋不休(地说)
〔辨析〕

强调快速而不间断地说话,含闲聊之意。

〔例证〕

He chattered excitedly like a child.

他像个孩子似的激动地讲个不停。

She is chattering about food with her neighbour.

她在和邻居聊食物。