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词汇 babel
释义 babel
noun[ S ]
 formaluk /ˈbeɪ.bəl/ us /ˈbæ.bəl/
the confusing sound of many people talking at the same time or using different languages: 嘈杂,喧哗,混乱
I couldn't hear the annoucement over the babel of voices.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Ways of talking
atonally
beg the questionidiom
blah
blither
come out
coo
pipe up
prate
sink to a whisperidiom
spit something out
spluttery
stammer
stiltedly
talk nonsenseidiom
talk through your hatidiom
tattle
turn of phrase
undertone
wax
witter

Examples of babel


babel
There was a babel of happy conversation which showed that the atmosphere was of the best possible kind.
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The result was a positive babel of competing systems—about 300 of them—many of them ill-designed, ill-considered and systematic only in name.
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I do not know how my speech can be heard and reported against all this babel.
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The dim light, the close air, the babel of voices not only place an intolerable physical and nervous strain upon both teachers and pupils, but they preclude intelligent mental effort.
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It would be the ultimate babel.
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Babel will undoubtedly build its tower.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
The book remarks that, by allowing everyone to understand each other, the babel fish has caused more wars than anything else in the universe.
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Henning ultimately began adding neologisms; babel texts; neographies; books on languages, linguistics, and conlanging; and other general resources to his database.
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Babel was then placed under arrest.
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Babel thought that the play had not come off well, but he was always critical of his own work.
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Babel's honest description of the brutal realities of war, far from revolutionary propaganda, earned him some powerful enemies.
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Babel's works were once again widely published and praised.
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