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词汇 gabbling
释义 gabbling
present participle ofgabble
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
chirp
come out
coo
prate
spluttery
stammer
stiltedly
sweet nothings
talk nonsenseidiom
talk through your hatidiom
tattle
telegrammatic
throw your voiceidiom
trash
turn of phrase
witter

Examples of gabbling


gabbling

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


There was no question of his gabbling through it in his case.
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He is gabbling through a brief which is before him.
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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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