talk gibberish
gibberish 在此为不可数名词,前面一般不加冠词。
He was so tired that he started to talk gibberish.
他太累了,开始胡言乱语。
胡言乱语;莫名其妙的话
gibberishes — plural of gibberish
晦涩难懂的术语;故弄玄虚的行话;一种在元音前插入无意义音节的语言游戏;快而不清的语;胡扯
Unintelligible or meaningless speech or writing.
Speech or writing that is unintelligible, incoherent or meaningless.
Needlessly obscure or overly technical language.
A language game, comparable to pig Latin, in which one inserts a nonsense syllable before the first vowel in each syllable of a word.
The toddler's speech was mostly gibberish, but his parents pretended to understand.
那个蹒跚学步的孩子说的话大多是胡言乱语,但他的父母假装听懂了。
用法提示:名词gibberish在句中作表语,表示无意义的话语。
I couldn't make sense of the technical manual; it read like complete gibberish to me.
我无法理解那本技术手册;它对我来说就像完全无意义的胡话。
用法提示:名词gibberish作介词like的宾语,形容难以理解的文字。
After the accident, the patient started speaking gibberish, which worried the doctors.
事故发生后,病人开始说胡话,这让医生很担心。
用法提示:名词gibberish作动词speak的宾语,指无法理解的言语。
gibberish 在此为不可数名词,前面一般不加冠词。
He was so tired that he started to talk gibberish.
他太累了,开始胡言乱语。
可用 pure、total 等词修饰,强调完全无法理解。
The instructions were pure gibberish to me.
那些说明对我来说完全是一堆天书。
sound like 后接名词 gibberish,表示听起来毫无意义、无法理解。
To a beginner, the technical jargon sounds like gibberish.
对初学者来说,这些技术术语听起来像天书。
grammar · medium
易错句子His explanation was a gibberish to me.
正确表达His explanation was gibberish to me.
这里表示“无法理解的话、胡言乱语”,gibberish 是不可数名词,不能加不定冠词 a;直接用 gibberish 作表语即可。
grammar · medium
易错句子The manual is very gibberish.
正确表达The manual is pure gibberish.
gibberish 是名词,不是形容词,不能受 very 修饰;要表达“这本手册完全是胡言乱语”,用名词短语 pure gibberish 作表语。
gibberish 强调话听起来像乱码、根本无法辨认或理解(常因发音含混或内容毫无逻辑);nonsense 更侧重内容荒谬、不合情理,语气更口语、常带责备。gibberish 一般不可数,nonsense 还可指“荒唐的行为或事情”。
gibberish 只有第二个义项才指故作高深、外人完全看不懂的术语,含贬义;jargon 是中性的“某行业或群体的专业用语”,圈内人看得懂,不一定无意义。要表达“看不懂的术语”用 jargon,表达“纯属废话、谁也看不懂”才用 gibberish。
babble 多指婴儿或语无伦次的连续声音,也可作动词,常含“不停絮叨”的意味,其声音不一定完全无意义;gibberish 强调内容彻底无法理解、毫无意义,且一般只作名词。
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