babble
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Động từ
verb- 1.
(intransitive)To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds
The men were babbling, so we couldn't make sense of anything.
- 2.
(intransitive)To talk incoherently; to utter meaningless words.
- 3.
(intransitive)To talk too much; to chatter; to prattle.
She babbled on for hours about the importance of some new gadget.
Radical rather than rhetorical, babble like an oracle
- 4.
(intransitive)To make a continuous murmuring noise, like shallow water running over stones.
Hounds are said to babble, or to be babbling, when they are too noisy after having found a good scent.
- 5.
(transitive)To utter in an indistinct or incoherent way; to repeat words or sounds in a childish way without understanding.
- 6.
(transitive)To reveal; to give away (a secret).
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(uncountable, usually)Idle talk; senseless prattle.
Đồng nghĩa: gabble, twaddle
- 2.
(uncountable, usually)Inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur.
- 3.
(uncountable, usually)A sound like that of water gently flowing around obstructions.
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From Middle English babelen, from Old English *bæblian, also wæflian (to talk foolishly), from *bablōn, *wablōn, variants of *babalōn, from Proto-Germanic *babalōną (to chatter), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰa-bʰa-, perhaps a reduplication of to say, or a variant of Proto-Indo-European *baba- (to talk vaguely, mumble), or a merger of the two, possibly ultimately /mimicry of infantile sounds (compar…