Word · CEFR C2 · Frequency #21453
babble
胡言乱语；空谈
核心释义
Idle talk; senseless prattle.
- 1.
闲谈；无意义的唠叨。
Idle talk; senseless prattle.
- 2.
不清晰的言语；持续或混乱的低语。
Inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur.
- 3.
类似水绕过障碍物轻轻流淌的声音。
A sound like that of water gently flowing around obstructions.
咿呀声；喃喃声；潺潺声；流水声；闲谈；无意义的唠叨。；不清晰的言语；持续或混乱的低语。；类似水绕过障碍物轻轻流淌的声音。
用法In use
The baby's babble was so sweet that we all stopped to listen.
用法提示：此处‘babble’作名词，指婴儿发出的无意义但可爱的声音。
His constant babble during the meeting distracted everyone.
用法提示：此处‘babble’作名词，指无聊或混乱的说话。
We could hear the babble of the crowd from across the square.
用法提示：此处‘babble’作名词，指许多声音混杂的噪音。
the babble of [voices]
指许多人同时说话、听不清内容的嘈杂声。
The babble of voices from the street kept me awake.
街上嘈杂的人声让我睡不着。
a babble of [sounds]
常用 a babble of... 结构表示混乱、交织的声音。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- babble of voices
- 嘈杂的说话声；人声嘈杂
- From the next room came a babble of voices.隔壁房间传来一阵嘈杂的说话声。
- incoherent babble
- 语无伦次的唠叨
- His answer was little more than incoherent babble.他的回答几乎就是语无伦次的唠叨。
- baby babble
- 婴儿咿呀学语
- Baby babble is an important stage of language development.婴儿咿呀学语是语言发展的重要阶段。
- mindless babble
- 无意义的空谈
- The show was full of mindless babble about celebrities.节目里全是关于名人的无意义空谈。
- babble of the stream
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
听 babble 的“ba-ba”像婴儿咿呀或水泡咕嘟，联想“吧吧”不停：既是胡话/喃喃声，也像潺潺流水声。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：baby babbling、crowd murmur、low indistinct voices 这里指“连续而含糊的声音”（如婴儿咿呀声、人群低语声），通常为中性，多用于描写性语境：既可用于日常口语，也常见于文学或新闻报道。若表示“胡言乱语”则带贬义，偏向非正式，但那属于另一含义。
语法说明Grammar Note
通常为不可数名词
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
These words rhyme with babble /ˈbæbəl/, all ending with /-bəl/. Beware cable /ˈkeɪbəl/ and label /ˈleɪbəl/, which look similar but have a long /eɪ/ and do not rhyme.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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