babble

英 ['bæb(ə)l] 美 ['bæbl]

解释

※ 提供单词"babble"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

babble 含混不清的说话

拟声词。

babble (v.): mid-13c., babeln "to prattle, chatter," akin to other Western European words for stammering and prattling (cognates: Swedish babbla, Old French babillier) attested from the same era, some of which probably were borrowed from others, but etymologists cannot now determine which were original. Probably imitative of baby-talk, in any case (compare Latin babulus "babbler," Greek barbaros "non-Greek-speaking"). "No direct connexion with Babel can be traced; though association with that may have affected the senses" [OED]. Meaning "to repeat oneself incoherently, speak foolishly" is attested from c. 1400. Related: Babbled; babbler; babbling; babblement.
babble (n.): "idle talk," c. 1500, from babble (v.). In 16c., commonly in reduplicated form bibble-babble.

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1. They began to curse and shout in a babble of languages.: 他们开始用不同的语言叽里咕噜地谩骂吵嚷起来。

3. The babble of voices in the next compartment annoyed all of us.: 隔壁的车厢隔间里不间歇的嘈杂谈话声让我们都很气恼.

4. Kemp knocked loudly so as to be heard above the high babble of voices.: 肯普大声敲着，好让人们在一片高声喧嚷中听到他的声音。

5. I heard, even over the babble of the crowd, a sharp, shocked intake of breath.: 即便人声鼎沸，我还是听到有人猛地倒抽一口冷气。