释义 |
burblebur‧ble /ˈbɜːbəl $ ˈbɜːr-/ verb burbleOrigin: 1300-1400 From the sound VERB TABLEburble |
Present | I, you, we, they | burble | | he, she, it | burbles | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | burbled | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have burbled | | he, she, it | has burbled | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had burbled | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will burble | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have burbled |
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Present | I | am burbling | | he, she, it | is burbling | | you, we, they | are burbling | Past | I, he, she, it | was burbling | | you, we, they | were burbling | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been burbling | | he, she, it | has been burbling | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been burbling | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be burbling | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been burbling |
- A fresh-faced young girl burbled out her news.
- I stroke her hair and burble fine words, while she sobs out her questions and accusations.
- Outside, a wood dove burbled on my sill.
- The computer would be burbling away and the lights would be fluttering around the console.
- The constant stream of praise burbling in the background of the class swelled into shouts of rapture.
- There was no sound except for a pigeon burbling to itself in the road, pecking at horse-dung.
- Under the black vinyl the waters burbled and hiccuped.
- You should have heard a dial tone, a ringing sound, then burbling tones.
1[intransitive, transitive] to talk about something in a confused way that is difficult to understandburble on/away I had to listen for an hour while she burbled away.2[intransitive] to make a sound like a stream flowing over stones—burble noun [singular] |