bab·ble /ˈbæbəl/
(vi.)呀呀學語,喋喋不休(vt.)嘮叨,吐露
Bab·ble, n.
1. Idle talk; senseless prattle; gabble; twaddle. “This is mere moral babble.”
2. Inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur.
The babble of our young children. --Darwin.
The babble of the stream. --Tennyson.
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Bab·ble v. i. [imp. & p. p. Babbled p. pr. & vb. n. Babbling.]
1. To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds; as a child babbles.
2. To talk incoherently; to utter unmeaning words.
3. To talk much; to chatter; to prate.
4. To make a continuous murmuring noise, as shallow water running over stones.
In every babbling brook he finds a friend. --Wordsworth.
Note: ☞ Hounds are said to babble, or to be babbling, when they are too noisy after having found a good scent.
Syn: -- To prate; prattle; chatter; gossip.
Bab·ble, v. t.
1. To utter in an indistinct or incoherent way; to repeat, as words, in a childish way without understanding.
These [words] he used to babble in all companies. --Arbuthnot.
2. To disclose by too free talk, as a secret.
babble
n : gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby [syn: babbling,
lallation]
v 1: utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an
incoherent way; "The old man is only babbling--don't pay
attention"
2: to talk foolishly; "The two women babbled and crooned at the
baby" [syn: blather, smatter, blether, blither]
3: flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise;
"babbling brooks" [syn: ripple, guggle, burble, bubble,
gurgle]
4: divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be
careful--his secretary talks" [syn: spill the beans, let
the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach,
sing, babble out, blab out] [ant: keep quiet]