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单词 gibberish
释义 gib·ber·ish
I. \ˈjib(ə)rish, -rēsh also ˈgi-\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: probably from gibber (I) + -ish
1. : confused, unintelligible, or meaningless speech or language
 < sounded … like human language but was only such gibberish as children may be heard amusing themselves with — Nathaniel Hawthorne >
2.
 a. : a strange, barbarous, or outlandish language or dialect
  < commenced talking in a gibberish of which I understood very little but which he intended for French — George Borrow >
 b. : a technical or esoteric language used by workers in a particular activity or field of knowledge
  < surrounded by a trainer, a jockey, and grooms speaking an impenetrable gibberish — A.J.Liebling >
3. : pretentious or needlessly obscure speech or language
 < deliberately confecting … gibberish on the theory that the less the yokels understand, the more they will be impressed — C.J.Rolo >
II. adjective
archaic : lacking intelligibility or meaning
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