gabble
verb[IorT]
mainlyUKuk/ˈɡæb.əl/us/ˈɡæb.əl/tospeakquicklyand notclearlyso that it isdifficulttounderstand:
急促不清地说;叽里咕噜Shestartedgabblingawayat me inSpanishand I didn'tunderstanda word.她开始叽里咕噜地对我说西班牙语,我一个字都没听懂。
Gina, asusual, was gabblingawayon thephone.吉娜像往常一样在电话里叽叽咕咕聊个没完。
Synonym
gibbermainlydisapproving
Compare
blabberinformal
blabinformal
gabinformal
prattleverb
prateold-fashioned
chatterverb
yakverbinformal
Ways of talking
- babble
- beg the questionidiom
- blah
- blether
- blither
- coo
- declaim
- declamatory
- drone on
- loose
- mumble
- pipe
- quaver
- ramble
- rattle on/away
- talk trashidiom
- throwyourvoiceidiom
- trill
- word salad
- yak
gabble
noun[U]
uk/ˈɡæb.əl/us/ˈɡæb.əl/fastconversationorspeechthat isdifficulttounderstand, often because manypeoplearetalkingat the sametime
(常指许多人同时急促地说话时)难以听清的说话声,嘈杂不清的话Ways of talking
- babble
- beg the questionidiom
- blah
- blether
- blither
- coo
- declaim
- declamatory
- drone on
- loose
- mumble
- pipe
- quaver
- ramble
- rattle on/away
- talk trashidiom
- throwyourvoiceidiom
- trill
- word salad
- yak