
babble基本信息
读法:英 ["bæb(ə)l] 美 ["bæbl]
释义:
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英英释义
Noun:
中英词源
babble 含混不清的说话
拟声词。
- 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.
词态变化
第三人称单数 babbles;
过去式 babbled;
过去分词 babbled;
现在分词 babbling;
权威造句
- 1. They began to curse and shout in a babble of languages.
- 他们开始用不同的语言叽里咕噜地谩骂吵嚷起来。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. a babble of voices
- 人声嘈杂
来自《权威词典》
- 3. The babble of voices in the next compartment annoyed all of us.
- 隔壁的车厢隔间里不间歇的嘈杂谈话声让我们都很气恼.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. Kemp knocked loudly so as to be heard above the high babble of voices.
- 肯普大声敲着,好让人们在一片高声喧嚷中听到他的声音。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. I heard, even over the babble of the crowd, a sharp, shocked intake of breath.
- 即便人声鼎沸,我还是听到有人猛地倒抽一口冷气。
来自柯林斯例句
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近反义词
相似短语
单词分析
暂无,等待补充.
记忆方法
1. 区别:bubble, babble.
2. babble 是由拟声词根*ba-(模拟小孩咿哑学语言的声音)演变而来,由此两个词就区分开了。
3. bubble 也应该是拟声词,由*bo-(对应汉语为:啵,啵;就是模拟吹气泡发出的声音)拟声词根演变而来,然后元音降级(-o- => -u-)而得。
4. Babble:可能来自Babel,圣经中的巴别塔,一座人类建造通往天庭的塔,上帝为阻止人类的企图而混杂了人类的语言,使人类无法合作。所以引申为声音、语言的嘈杂。而babble(说傻话,牙牙学语)也是语言上的混乱不清。联想:从巴别塔Babel上下来的人都说傻话babble。----说蠢话,牙牙学语。
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