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 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 gabblinggabbling 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. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He is gabbling through a brief which is before him. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I apologise to colleagues for going on at some length and for gabbling to get my remarks on the record. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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