| 释义 |
gabby, a. orig. Sc.|ˈgæbɪ|
[f. gab n.2 + -y1.]
Abounding in gab; garrulous, talkative.
1719Hamilton Ep. A. Ramsay in Ramsay's Poems (1721) I. 197 On condition I were as gabby As either thee or honest Habby. 1785R. Forbes Poems Buchan Dial. 7 Altho' mair gabby he may be Than Nestor wise and true. 1790A. Wilson Callamphitre's Elegy Poet. Wks. (1846) 106 But now nae mair he'll bless their bield, Wi' gabby cracks and stories. 1832–53Whistle-Binkie (Sc. Songs) Ser. i. 91 Ae mornin', wee Rabie, fu' canty and gabbie, Gat up frae his nestie an' buskit him braw. 1858M. Porteous Souter Johnny 11 Had gabby skill To crack a joke. 1899Ade Fables in Slang 124 He was a Gabby Young Man, and he could Articulate at all Times, whether he had anything to Say or not. a1911D. G. Phillips Susan Lenox (1917) II. viii. 214, I was awful gabby downstairs. Yes—I told him. 1949‘J. Tey’ Brat Farrar xix. 176 Never very ‘gabby’ at any time. A quiet boy? Yes, a nice quiet boy. 1958M. Allingham Hide my Eyes 125 As for the public, they're interfering, gabby, can't keep their traps shut. 1965Spectator 22 Jan. 108/2 Hubert Humphrey shows himself a gabby and literate and battling soul. 1970New Yorker 28 Nov. 116/2 The women..were mostly political and gabby. |