Word · Frequency #25938
Fully loadedbabels
嘈杂声;喧闹;混乱
babels is the plural of babel.
核心释义
a confusion of voices and other sounds
- 1.
A confused mixture of sounds and voices, especially in different languages.
- 2.
许多声音混杂的噪音。
A confused noise made by a number of voices.
- 3.
A place or scene of noise and confusion.
- 4.
A tall, looming structure.
许多声音混杂的噪音。;巴别(基督教<<圣经>>中的城市名)
用法In use
The busy restaurant was a babel of different languages and clinking glasses.
用法提示:babel 是名词,意为‘嘈杂混乱的声音’,与 a...of 连用。
From the classroom came a babel of excited voices and laughter.
用法提示:babel 作单数名词,指混合的喧闹声。
The station platform echoed with babels of announcements and chatter.
用法提示:babels 是 babel 的复数形式,表示多处混杂的声响。
a babel of [plural noun]
常用于形容许多人同时说话或各种声音混杂的场面。
The market was a babel of voices and laughter.
集市上人声笑声混成一片嘈杂。
be a babel
babel 是可数名词,此处用单数形式;复数 babels 较少使用。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- a babel of voices
- 一片嘈杂的人声
- The classroom was a babel of voices before the teacher arrived.老师到来前,教室里人声嘈杂。
- a babel of languages
- 多语混杂的喧闹
- The international conference was a babel of languages in every corridor.国际会议的每条走廊上都混杂着各种语言,一片喧闹。
- a babel of sounds
- 各种声音交织的嘈杂
- From the balcony, we heard a babel of sounds rising from the street.从阳台上,我们听到街上传来各种声音交织的嘈杂。
- a babel of noise
- 一片嘈杂声
- The kitchen at lunchtime was a babel of noise and orders.午餐时间的厨房里一片嘈杂声,夹杂着点餐声。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
把 babel 记成 babble(叽叽喳喳)的样子:巴别塔下众人各说各话,嘈杂混乱。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域:formal 常见场景:literary prose、describing noisy crowds babel 多用于书面或文学语境,形容许多人同时说话时嘈杂混乱的声音,口语中较少使用。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都以 /-eɪbəl/ 结尾,与 babel 押韵:table, cable, label, fable, stable。注意 babble 拼写相似,但读音是 /ˈbæbəl/,与 babel 不押韵。
一起学习词形Learn the forms together
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