单词 | babble |
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音标 | ['bæbl] |
解释 | v.胡言乱语;牙牙学语;喋喋不休 |
红宝书 | 【英】 v.说蠢话(to talk foolishly);牙牙学语(to make incoherent sounds; prattle) 【考】 babble : talk / simper : smile / scribble : write(胡说和说/傻笑和笑/ 胡写和写)babble : sense / parrot : originality(胡说没有理智/学舌 没有创新)反义词:express succinctly(简洁表达 ) 【例】 The old friends babbled for hours in the cafe. |
字源 | babble (v.) mid-13c., babeln "to prattle, chatter," akin to other Western European words for stammering and prattling (cognates: Swedish babbla, Old French babillier) attested from the same era, some of which probably were borrowed from others, but etymologists cannot now determine which were original. Probably imitative of baby-talk, in any case (compare Latin babulus "babbler," Greek barbaros "non-Greek-speaking"). "No direct connexion with Babel can be traced; though association with that may have affected the senses" [OED]. Meaning "to repeat oneself incoherently, speak foolishly" is attested from c.1400. Related: Babbled; babbler; babbling; babblement. babble (n.) "idle talk," c.1500, from babble (v.). In 16c., commonly in reduplicated form bibble-babble. |
不择手段背单词 | v. 说傻话, 说胡话(无根据地谈话); 呀呀学语(说话含糊不清) = prattle = gabble = prate = twaddle = waffle 【例】He babbled without stopping 他在不停地说胡话. 【记】bad ball的连读: 坏球! 嘴里放一个坏了的粪球, 再让你说话! Bab = baby, le: 小孩只会说胡话 【类】babble: talk = simper: smile = scribble: write胡说和说 = 傻笑和笑 = 胡写和写babble: sense = parrot: originality 胡说缺乏理智 = 学舌缺乏创新 【反】express succinctly(简洁表达) |
趣味全助记 | 【记】baby 婴儿般学语声;bubble 泡泡声 |
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