英语词汇“blab”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

To blab is to gossip about or reveal a secret you promised to keep. You might accidentally blab to your dad about your brother getting in trouble at school.

A reporter could take you by surprise and get you to blab about your movie star neighbor, and it might be hard for a little kid not to blab about the birthday gift he's giving his sister. Another way to blab is simply to talk a lot: "I sat there and listened to him blab about all the famous people he knows." Blab comes from the Middle English blabbe, "one who does not control his tongue."

WORD FAMILY

blab: blabbed, blabber, blabbing, blabs+/blabber: blabbered, blabbering, blabbers

USAGE EXAMPLES

It’s not my fault some overeager politician, keen to burnish his reputation as a can-do leader, blabbed to the media.

Seattle Times(Dec 11, 2016)

When a friend betrays you by, say, blabbing your secrets or being consistently cruel, you can and should stand up for yourself.

New York Times(Oct 20, 2016)

It was these letters—and Scott’s habit of blabbing about Thorpe to anyone who would listen—that kept Scott on Thorpe’s radar.

Slate(Oct 05, 2016)

1v speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

blabber, chatter, clack, gabble, gibber, maunder, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle

babble, blather, blether, blither, smatter

to talk foolishly

mouth, speak, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize

express in speech

2v divulge confidential information or secrets

Syn|Ant|Hyper

babble, babble out, blab out, let the cat out of the bag, peach, sing, spill the beans, talk, tattle
spill, talk

reveal information

keep one's mouth shut, keep quiet, shut one's mouth

refrain from divulging sensitive information; keep quiet about confidential information

break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, unwrap

make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret

单词	blab
释义	blab (once / 8395 pages) v To blab is to gossip about or reveal a secret you promised to keep. You might accidentally blab to your dad about your brother getting in trouble at school. A reporter could take you by surprise and get you to blab about your movie star neighbor, and it might be hard for a little kid not to blab about the birthday gift he's giving his sister. Another way to blab is simply to talk a lot: "I sat there and listened to him blab about all the famous people he knows." Blab comes from the Middle English blabbe, "one who does not control his tongue." WORD FAMILY blab: blabbed, blabber, blabbing, blabs+/blabber: blabbered, blabbering, blabbers USAGE EXAMPLES It’s not my fault some overeager politician, keen to burnish his reputation as a can-do leader, blabbed to the media. Seattle Times(Dec 11, 2016) When a friend betrays you by, say, blabbing your secrets or being consistently cruel, you can and should stand up for yourself. New York Times(Oct 20, 2016) It was these letters—and Scott’s habit of blabbing about Thorpe to anyone who would listen—that kept Scott on Thorpe’s radar. Slate(Oct 05, 2016) 1v speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper blabber, chatter, clack, gabble, gibber, maunder, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle babble, blather, blether, blither, smatter to talk foolishly mouth, speak, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize express in speech 2v divulge confidential information or secrets Syn\|Ant\|Hyper babble, babble out, blab out, let the cat out of the bag, peach, sing, spill the beans, talk, tattle spill, talk reveal information keep one's mouth shut, keep quiet, shut one's mouth refrain from divulging sensitive information; keep quiet about confidential information break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, unwrap make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
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