英语单词

babble是什么意思

babble

英 ['bæb(ə)l] 美 ['bæbl]
  • vi. 喋喋不休;呀呀学语;作潺潺声
  • vt. 含糊不清地说;泄露
  • n. 含糊不清的话;胡言乱语;潺潺声

助记提示


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。

中文词源


babble 含混不清的说话

拟声词。

英文词源


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.

双语例句


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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