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单词 babble
释义
babble
verb
uk
/ˈbæb.əl/us
/ˈbæb.əl/

babbleverb(TALK)

[IorT]
totalkor say something in aquick,confused,excited, orsillyway:
含混不清地说；兴奋地说；胡言乱语
Thechildrenbabbledexcitedlyamong themselves.孩子们聚在一起兴奋地说个没完没了。
She was babbling somethingaboutherringbeingstolen.她含混不清地嘟囔着，好像是说她的戒指被人偷了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Ways of talking
  • beg the questionidiom
  • blah
  • blether
  • blither
  • coo
  • declaim
  • declamatory
  • drone on
  • gabble
  • loose
  • mumble
  • pipe
  • ramble
  • rattle on/away
  • stage whisper
  • talk trashidiom
  • throwyourvoiceidiom
  • trill
  • word salad
  • yak
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babbleverb(WATER NOISE)

[I]literary
(of astream) to make thelow,continuousnoiseofwaterflowingoverstones:
（小溪）潺潺作响
Theyresteda while by a babblingbrook.他们在潺潺的小溪边休息了一会儿。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
  • blaze
  • chuff
  • clatter
  • click away
  • clicker
  • clinking
  • clunk
  • crump
  • growl
  • gunshot
  • hiss
  • jangling
  • pip
  • plunk
  • putter
  • scrunch
  • sonic boom
  • tick
  • white noise
  • whoosh
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babble
noun[U]
uk
/ˈbæb.əl/us
/ˈbæb.əl/
acontinuousloworconfusedsound,especiallythesoundof severalpeopletalking:
乱哄哄的声音（尤指多人唧唧喳喳的说话声）
I couldhearthe babbleofvoicesin the nextroom.我可以听到隔壁房间里叽叽喳喳的说话声。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Nonsense
  • a crock (of shit)idiom
  • balderdash
  • balls
  • baloney
  • bilge
  • blah
  • blather
  • blither
  • double-talk
  • doublespeak
  • drivel
  • eyewash
  • flapdoodle
  • malarkey
  • moonshine
  • mumbo jumbo
  • nonsense
  • nonsensical
  • prattle
  • rhubarb
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(Definition ofbabblefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

babble| American Dictionary

babble
verb[I/T]
us
/ˈbæb·əl/
tospeakquickly, in aconfused,excited, orfoolishway:
[I]She was babbling on about arobbery.
babble
noun[U]
us
/ˈbæb·əl/
talkorspeechthat has nomeaning:
The baby’s babble wouldsoonturnintolanguage.
Babble alsomeansalow,continuoussound:
It was hard totalkover the babble ofvoicesin theroom.
(Definition ofbabblefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbabble

babble
Adaptation to language : evidence from babbling and first words in four languages.
From theCambridge English Corpus
From babbling to speech : a reassessment of the continuity issue.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Their specific focus is the transition from babbling (around seven months) to more language-like syllable production.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Adaptations to language : evidence from babbling and first words in four languages.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In order to differentiate words from babbling it is necessary to take the situational context into consideration.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Even before speech develops, babbling patterns are abnormal in children with cleft palate and many surgeons close the palate at six months or younger.
From theCambridge English Corpus
They provide examples of the social influence of companions, interaction, and environment with respect to vocal plasticity, early (infant) "babbling" behavior, and structure of adult trills.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Where's the drift in babbling drift ?
From theCambridge English Corpus
In the (1990) monograph, "babbling speech in infants" was listed in the index as being discussed on pages 64 - 66, but there was nothing about babbling on those pages.
From theCambridge English Corpus
There is too much babbling about the workers.
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Hansard archive
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In desperation, on this mythical journey, one sees a little babbling brook, stream or whatever.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The child then moves to babbling and, gradually, the introduction of syllables and words until finally simple phrases and sentences are reached.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
He is rather drunk and babbles.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
There can be a period of silence between productions of babbling and productions of the first words in speech.
From
Wikipedia
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He has a slurred speech, he babbles, and that perhaps due to his suppressed upbringing.
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