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词汇 gabble
释义 gabble
verb[ I or T ]
mainly UKuk /ˈɡæb.əl/ us /ˈɡæb.əl/
to speak quickly and not clearly so that it is difficult to understand: 急促不清地说;叽里咕噜
gabble awayShe started gabbling away at me in Spanish and I didn't understand a word.她开始叽里咕噜地对我说西班牙语,我一个字都没听懂。
Gina, as usual, was gabbling away on the phone.吉娜像往常一样在电话里叽叽咕咕聊个没完。
Synonym
gibbermainly disapproving
Compare
blabberinformal
blabinformal
gabinformal
prattleverb
prateold-fashioned
chatterverb
yakverbinformal
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Ways of talking
atonally
beg the questionidiom
blah
blither
come out
coo
pipe up
prate
spit something out
spluttery
stammer
stiltedly
sweet nothings
talk nonsenseidiom
talk through your hatidiom
tattle
turn of phrase
undertone
wax
witter
gabble
noun[ U ]
uk /ˈɡæb.əl/ us /ˈɡæb.əl/
fast conversation or speech that is difficult to understand, often because many people are talking at the same time(常指许多人同时急促地说话时)难以听清的说话声,嘈杂不清的话
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

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

Examples of gabble


gabble
I may have gabbled this, but there is a very great deal more which could be said.
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There was no question of his gabbling through it in his case.
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He gabbles through his material at breakneck speed, hardly pausing for breath between the sentences.
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We hear complaints that when you ask for a number you hear it gabbled over very quickly by the attendant.
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He is gabbling through a brief which is before him.
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I have gabbled through my notes to ensure that everyone has a chance to speak.
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You may have noticed that one of the statements today was simply badly read and the other was gabbled.
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I apologise to colleagues for going on at some length and for gabbling to get my remarks on the record.
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They threw away lines, they trod on each others words, they gabbled, they spoke at the same time.
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A perfectly cogent debate can sometimes be a gabble for the listener.
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To gabble off a reply in five minutes flat is not good enough.
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One simply had to gabble away, but the way in which he anticipated the result before the end of the argument was amazing.
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I congratulate him upon being able to gabble fluently.
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Then they gabble a speech and sit down in a great hurry.
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