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babble

noun
🔊/ˈbæbl/
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[singular]
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  1. the sound of many people speaking at the same time嘈杂的人声
    • a babble of voices人声嘈杂
  2. talking that is confused or silly and is difficult to understand含混不清的话；胡言乱语
    • I can't listen to his constant babble.我听不得他那没完没了的瞎扯。🔊🔊
  3. the sounds a baby makes before beginning to say actual words（幼儿）咿呀学语声
    4. see also psychobabble
    Word OriginMiddle English: from Middle Low German babbelen, or an independent English formation, as a frequentative based on the repeated syllable ba, typical of a child's early speech.

babble

verb
🔊/ˈbæbl/
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they babble
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he / she / it babbles
🔊/ˈbæblz/
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past simple babbled
🔊/ˈbæbld/
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past participle babbled
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-ing form babbling
🔊/ˈbæblɪŋ/
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  1. [intransitive, transitive] babble (away/on) (something) to talk quickly in a way that is difficult to understand含混不清地说；嘀里嘟噜地说
    • They were all babbling away in a foreign language.他们都叽里咕噜地说着外语。🔊🔊
    • I realized I was babbling like an idiot.我意识到我像个傻瓜一样在胡言乱语。🔊🔊
  2. [intransitive] to make the sound of water flowing over rocks, like a stream（水流过石块）潺潺作响
    • a babbling brook潺潺的小溪
    Topics Geographyc2
    3. Word OriginMiddle English: from Middle Low German babbelen, or an independent English formation, as a frequentative based on the repeated syllable ba, typical of a child's early speech.