babble (intransitive)
The baby babbled happily in her crib.
婴儿在婴儿床里开心地牙牙学语。
含糊不清地说;咿呀学语
babbles — third person singular of babble
胡言乱语;语无伦次;喋喋不休;唠叨;潺潺作响;汩汩地流;泄露(秘密);含糊不清或难以理解地说;发出不清晰的声音。
to speak quickly and unclearly, or to make sounds like a baby
含糊不清或难以理解地说;发出不清晰的声音。
To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds
语无伦次地说;说无意义的话。
To talk incoherently; to utter meaningless words.
说得太多;喋喋不休;唠叨。
To talk too much; to chatter; to prattle.
发出连续的潺潺声,如浅水流过石头。
To make a continuous murmuring noise, like shallow water running over stones.
以含糊或不连贯的方式说出;像小孩一样不理解地重复话语或声音。
To utter in an indistinct or incoherent way; to repeat words or sounds in a childish way without understanding.
泄露;透露(秘密)。
To reveal; to give away (a secret).
一般现在时
The baby babbles all day.
婴儿整天牙牙学语。
一般过去时
She babbled nervously during the interview.
她在面试时紧张地喋喋不休。
现在进行时
He is babbling about something incomprehensible.
他正在胡言乱语一些难以理解的事情。
规则动词,过去式和过去分词加-ed,现在分词加-ing。第三人称单数加-s。
The baby began to babble happily in her crib.
婴儿在婴儿床里开心地牙牙学语。
用法提示:babble用作动词,表示婴儿发出无意义的声音。
He kept babbling about his new car all evening.
他整个晚上都在喋喋不休地谈论他的新车。
用法提示:babbling是现在分词,表示不停地说。
The old man babbled on about his childhood memories.
老人唠叨地讲述他童年的回忆。
用法提示:babbled是过去式,表示唠叨不停地说。
The baby babbled happily in her crib.
婴儿在婴儿床里开心地牙牙学语。
常用于描述冗长混乱的谈话。
He babbled about his travels for hours.
他喋喋不休地讲了好几个小时他的旅行经历。
通常用于说出的话语,可能难以理解。
She babbled an incoherent apology.
她含混不清地道歉。
最接近 babble,强调语速极快、吐字不清;多含贬义,指让人听不清楚。
侧重急促、兴奋地说话,可能只是声音快,未必意义完全混乱;语气比 babble 更口语化。
强调因害怕、紧张等原因说不出连贯的话,听起来比 babble 更破碎、难懂。
侧重像孩子一样说些幼稚、无关紧要的话,不强调语速快或含混不清。
grammar · medium
易错句子The baby bubbled happily.
正确表达The baby babbled happily.
将 'babble' 与 'bubble' 混淆。'Babble' 指发出含糊不清的说话声(婴儿咿呀学语),而 'bubble' 指形成气泡。
grammar · medium
易错句子He made a babble when he saw the surprise.
正确表达He babbled when he saw the surprise.
误将 'babble' 用作可数名词。作为动词,应用 'babble' 直接作谓语,避免使用 'make a babble' 这种非地道结构。
针对“含糊不清或语无伦次地说”这一义项,articulate 强调把话说得清楚明白,与 babble 的含混不清相对。
针对“发音含糊不清”这一义项,enunciate 强调逐音节清楚地发出声音,与 babble 的含混发音相对。
babble指无意义或婴儿般咿呀话语,blab则强调不慎泄露秘密或闲谈中透露不该说的信息。
babble可指流畅的胡言乱语,gabble特指说话过快、含糊不清,难以理解。
babble强调言语无意义或幼稚,prattle则多指轻松、孩子气的琐碎闲聊,常带贬义但语气较轻。
喋喋不休;唠叨
He babbled on for hours about his trip.
他喋喋不休地谈论他的旅行好几个小时。
说胡话;胡言乱语
The patient was babbling nonsense because of the high fever.
那位患者因为高烧在胡言乱语。
像婴儿一样咿呀学语
After the stroke, he could only babble like a baby.
中风后,他只能像婴儿一样咿咿呀呀。
潺潺的小溪
A babbling brook runs through the village.
一条潺潺的小溪穿过村庄。
含糊不清地说
He babbled unintelligibly in his sleep.
他在睡梦中含含糊糊地说胡话。
babble + -er
babble + -ing
psycho- + babble
techno- + babble
常与babble搭配,描述溪水轻柔流动的声音。
溪流是babble这一拟声动词的典型主语。
与水声相关,和babble同属描述流水的听觉意象。
另一种连续的水声,常与babble出现在同一情景中。
babble可形容水淌过卵石的声音,因此属于同一语义场。
喋喋不休;唠叨
He babbled on for hours about his holiday.
他喋喋不休地讲了好几个小时他的假期。
不停地说;唠叨
The old woman babbled away to anyone who would listen.
那个老妇人不停地对任何愿意听的人唠叨。
嘈杂的说话声;人声嘈杂
We could hear the babble of voices from the next room.
我们能听到隔壁房间传来嘈杂的说话声。
他的鼻子尖得像支笔,嘴里却念叨着青翠的田野。
From Shakespeare's Henry V, Act 2, Scene 3, where Mistress Quickly describes Falstaff's death; the phrase 'a' babbled of green fields' is often quoted.
出自莎士比亚《亨利五世》第二幕第三场,快嘴桂嫂描述福斯塔夫临终时的情形;其中“a' babbled of green fields”一句常被引用。
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