| 单词 | burble |
| 释义 | burble (once / 19865 pages) v To burble is to move with a rippling flow, the way water bubbles down the side of a small garden waterfall. A stream burbles as it travels along its bed, bubbling over rocks and branches. The verb burble captures both the movement of the water and the sound it makes as it moves. You could also say that a brook or stream or river babbles or ripples or even trickles. The word burble was first used in the 1300's, and it probably comes from an imitation of the sound a rippling, bubbling brook makes. WORD FAMILYburble: burbled, burbles, burbling USAGE EXAMPLESThe Wales Spring has burbled out of a cedar shrouded hillside in east Toledo since 1885. Washington Times(Nov 13, 2016) The scent of pine filled the air, and a stream burbled a hundred yards or so away. New York Times(Oct 19, 2016) I am shocked — yes, shocked! — that Trump’s burbling about the Iran nuclear deal in the first presidential debate has received little attention. Seattle Times(Oct 04, 2016) v flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise Syn|Hyper babble, bubble, guggle, gurgle, ripple gurgle make sounds similar to gurgling water go, sound make a certain noise or sound |
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