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babble
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🇺🇸 /bˈæbʌl/
babble既可指含混、无意义或过多的说话,也可指这种说话声;还可描写溪水等持续而轻柔的 murmuring 声。
💡 记忆钩子
把babble想成一串分辨不清的“吧啦吧啦”声:人说得含混或没内容,是babble;说个不停,是babble on;溪水绕过石头发出的连续轻响,也像是在babble。由“说出一团听不清的话”还引申出把秘密不小心说漏。
📝 学习建议
- 先掌握“含混地说”和“喋喋不休地说”两个核心意思,再记水声等比喻或边缘用法。
- babble不是普通的“聊天”;它通常带有说话不清楚、没意义、说太多或不受控制的感觉。
📖 中文释义
noun
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core 无意义的闲话📖 指听起来像在说话、实际上没有清楚内容或价值的一堆话,常含有轻视意味。💡 常用模式是“mere babble”或“a babble of words”。它通常是不可数名词,不要把它理解成中性的普通聊天;若强调某人持续说个不停,动词形式往往更自然。uncountable usuallyThe report was buried under a babble of empty promises.这份报告被一堆空洞的承诺淹没了。
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core 含混的说话声📖 指人发出的断断续续、听不清或彼此混杂的说话声,重点在声音含混,而不一定只是内容空洞。💡 常用模式是“the babble of voices”或“a constant babble”。它可以描写许多人同时低声说话的背景声,也可以泛指持续的含混低语;不要误译成清楚而有条理的谈话。uncountable usuallyThe babble of voices filled the crowded station.嘈杂车站里充满了此起彼伏、听不清的说话声。
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common 潺潺水声📖 把溪水绕过石头流动时连续而轻柔的声音,比作一串不停的低语。💡 常用模式是“the babble of the stream”或“a babbling brook”。这是偏文学、描写性的用法,语气通常不带贬义;不要因为它也表示说话混乱,就把水声理解成刺耳噪音。uncountable usuallyWe fell asleep to the babble of the stream.我们伴着溪水的潺潺声睡着了。
babbles
plural
verb
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core 含混地说📖 指说话时发音不清、声音断续,听者很难辨认具体内容,像一串分不清的声音。💡 常用模式是“babble incoherently”或“babble so that...”,也可说“babble something”。它通常是不及物动词,不能直接当作普通的“讲清楚”;要表达内容清楚,应改用更中性的说法。intransitiveHe was too nervous and began to babble.他太紧张了,开始语无伦次地说起来。
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common 语无伦次地说📖 指说出来的话缺乏连贯意义,像是在不停拼凑没有重点的词句。💡 常用模式是“babble about + 话题”或“babble on about + 话题”。它强调内容混乱,不只是发音含混;“on”会加强“持续说下去”的感觉。intransitiveAfter the accident, he kept babbling about hidden cameras.事故后,他一直语无伦次地说什么隐藏摄像头的事。
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core 喋喋不休📖 指说得太多、停不下来,往往让别人觉得烦,即使每句话本身未必完全听不懂。💡 最常见模式是“babble on about + 话题”,也可用“babble away”表示持续说个不停。这个用法通常带轻微贬义;不要把“talk on”这种单纯继续谈话的意思自动替换成babble on。intransitiveShe babbled on about her new phone all evening.她整个晚上都在喋喋不休地谈她的新手机。
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rare 发出潺潺或低鸣声📖 指溪水等发出连续的轻柔声响,也可用于少数动物发出的连续喧鸣;本质上仍是“像一串说不清的话”的声音。💡 常用模式是“the stream babbles”或“babble over stones”。用于自然声音时多是文学描写;用于动物时较少见,日常表达通常会选更具体的声音动词。intransitive
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common 含糊地说出📖 指用幼稚、含混或自己也不明白的方式反复说出词语或声音,重点是说出来却没有清楚理解或表达。💡 常用模式是“babble out + 词语”或“babble something”。它是及物用法,宾语通常是词语、答案或一段话;不要把它当作认真、准确地复述。transitiveThe child babbled out a few new words.那个孩子含含糊糊地说出了几个新词。
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common 说漏秘密📖 指因为紧张、说得太多或没有控制住自己而把秘密泄露出来,仿佛秘密随着一串话自己流了出去。💡 常用模式是“babble the secret”或“babble about the secret”,也常说“babble it out”。这个用法强调无意中泄密,不等于有意宣布或正式透露;宾语可以是秘密、计划等信息。transitiveHe babbled the surprise away before the party.聚会前他不小心把惊喜计划说漏了。
babbles
present,singular,third-person
babbling
participle,present
babbled
participle,past
babbled
past
📘 英文释义 (WordNet)
共 5 组
divulge confidential information or secrets
同义词集:
spill the beans
let the cat out of the bag
talk
tattle
blab
peach
babble
sing
babble out
blab out
Be careful--his secretary talks
上位: break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, uncover, unwrap
to talk foolishly
同义词集:
babble
blather
smatter
blether
blither
The two women babbled and crooned at the baby
上位: blab, blabber, chatter, clack, gabble, gibber, maunder, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle
utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way
同义词集:
babble
The old man is only babbling--don't pay attention
上位: mouth, speak, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize
flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
同义词集:
ripple
babble
guggle
burble
bubble
gurgle
babbling brooks
上位: go, sound
gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby
同义词集:
babble
babbling
lallation
上位: gibber, gibberish
🌳 词源
源自古英语及更早表示含混说话、喋喋不休的词,可能模仿婴儿发出的声音;与Babel无关。
From Middle English babelen, from Old English *bæblian, also wæflian (“to talk foolishly”), from Proto-West Germanic *bablōn, *wablōn, variants of *babalōn, from Proto-Germanic *babalōną (“to chatter”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰa-bʰa-, perhaps a reduplication of Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to say”), or a variant of Proto-Indo-European *baba- (“to talk vaguely, mumble”), or a merger of the two, possibly ultimately onomatopoeic/mimicry of infantile sounds (compare babe, baby).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian babbelje (“to babble”), West Frisian babbelje (“to babble”), Dutch babbelen (“to babble, chat”), German Low German babbeln (“to babble”), German babbeln (“to babble”), Danish bable, bavle (“to babble”), Swedish babbla (“to babble”), Icelandic babla (“to babble”). Unrelated to Babel.
🔄 变式
babbled
past
babbles
plural
babbling
present
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