单词 | babble |
释义 | babble /bab"euhl/, v. , babbled, babbling, n. v.i. 1. to utter sounds or words imperfectly, indistinctly, or without meaning. 2. to talk idly, irrationally, excessively, or foolishly; chatter or prattle. 3. to make a continuous, murmuring sound. v.t. 4. to utter in an incoherent, foolish, or meaningless fashion. 5. to reveal foolishly or thoughtlessly: to babble a secret. n. 6. inarticulate or imperfect speech. 7. foolish, meaningless, or incoherent speech; prattle. 8. a murmuring sound or a confusion of sounds. 9. babbling (def. 2). 10. Telecommunications. a confused mixture of extraneous sounds in a circuit, resulting from cross talk from other channels. Cf. cross talk (def. 1). [1200-50; ME babelen; c. ON babbla, D babbelen, G pappelen] Syn. 2. chitchat, gabble, drivel, blather. 3. murmur, gurgle, burble. |
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