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单词 brabble
释义 brab·ble
I. \ˈbrabəl\ intransitive verb
(brabbled ; brabbled ; brabbling \-b(ə)liŋ\ ; brabbles)
Etymology: Middle Dutch brabbelen to quarrel, stammer, jabber, of imitative origin
: to talk noisily or captiously : squabble
 < the desultory brabbling between the Western Powers and the Russians — Time >
II. noun
(-s)
1.
 a. : altercation, quarrel
  < the brabbles of the law courts >
 b. obsolete : a noisy fight : brawl
  < in private brabble did we apprehend him — Shakespeare >
2.
 a. : babble
  < a brabble of voices >
  : chatter
  < I'm not to be mollified by any woman's brabble — P.L.Ford >
 b. : a discordant continued murmuring
  < a fresh nor'-westerly breeze had sprung up … and there was a heavy brabble alongshore — G.G.Carter >
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