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单词 gabble
释义
gabble1 verbgabble2 noun
gabblegab‧ble1 /ˈɡæbəl/ verb (past tense and past participle gabbled, present participle gabbling) [intransitive, transitive] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINgabble1
Origin:
1500-1600 Perhaps from Middle Dutch gabbelen
Verb Table
VERB TABLE
gabble
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theygabble
he, she, itgabbles
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theygabbled
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave gabbled
he, she, ithas gabbled
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad gabbled
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill gabble
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have gabbled
Continuous Form
PresentIam gabbling
he, she, itis gabbling
you, we, theyare gabbling
PastI, he, she, itwas gabbling
you, we, theywere gabbling
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been gabbling
he, she, ithas been gabbling
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been gabbling
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be gabbling
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been gabbling
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Leila threw herself on Quincx, gabbling about what happened.
  • O'Neill was gabbling and the conversation was running away like a driverless express.
  • Squeezing her eyes so tightly shut that they looked like senile lips, Mary began to gabble.
  • They charged into the other dressing rooms, gabbling as they started a quick change for another number.
  • Very sensible of Hilda: nothing is more ridiculous than an old-age pensioner gabbling on about his or her risqué past.
to say something so quickly that people cannot hear you clearly or understand you properly:  Just calm down, stop gabbling, and tell me what has happened.
gabble1 verbgabble2 noun
gabblegabble2 noun [singular, uncountable] Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • the gabble of the audience before the show
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • A series of whoops came from round the pit, followed by a shout and a gabble of voices.
  • Then, from a long way off, I heard a high, laughing gabble, faint and coming closer.
  • When the reverberations ceased, the gabble of the audience also did.
  • Words gushed out incontinently: a gabble, of which, alas, it was only too easy to make sense.
a lot of talking that is difficult to understand, especially when several people are talking at the same time SYN  babble:  a gabble of voices
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