| 释义 |
babble /babˈl/ intransitive verb- To speak like a baby
- To make a continuous murmuring sound like a brook, etc
- To talk incoherently or irrelevantly
- To talk incessantly
- To divulge secrets
transitive verb- To say in a confused, uncontrolled or unthinking way
- To divulge by foolish talk
noun- Idle senseless talk
- Disturbance caused by interference from other conversations (telecommunications)
- Confused murmuring, as of a stream
ORIGIN: Prob imit, from the repeated syllable ba; cf Du babbelen, Ger pappelen, Fr babiller, perh influenced by Babel babbˈlative adjective babbˈlement noun babbˈler noun - Someone who babbles
- (also babbling brook) a cook (Aust rhyming sl)
- Any of a large group of noisy, chattering, thrush-like birds (also babbling thrush)
babbˈling noun and adjective babbˈly adjective |