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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++gab·ble1 /ˈɡæbəl/ verb (gabbled, gabbling) [intransitive, transitive]  TALK TO somebodyto say something so quickly that people cannot hear you clearly or understand you properly 咕噜,急促不清地说() Just calm down, stop gabbling, and tell me what has happened. 冷静一下,说话别太急,告诉我发生了什么事。→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
gabbleSqueezing her eyes so tightly shut that they looked like senile lips, Mary began to gabble.Leila threw herself on Quincx, gabbling about what happened.O'Neill was gabbling and the conversation was running away like a driverless express.They charged into the other dressing rooms, gabbling as they started a quick change for another number.Very sensible of Hilda: nothing is more ridiculous than an old-age pensioner gabbling on about his or her risqué past.
gabble2 noun [singular, uncountable]  TALK TO somebodya lot of talking that is difficult to understand, especially when several people are talking at the same time 〔几个人同时的〕混杂的说话声 SYN babble a gabble of voices 嘈杂的人声
Examples from the Corpus
gabbleA series of whoops came from round the pit, followed by a shout and a gabble of voices.Words gushed out incontinently: a gabble, of which, alas, it was only too easy to make sense.Then, from a long way off, I heard a high, laughing gabble, faint and coming closer.When the reverberations ceased, the gabble of the audience also did.the gabble of the audience before the show
Origin gabble1 (1500-1600) Perhaps from Middle Dutch gabbelen
gab·ble1 verbgabble2 nounChineseSyllable
hear cannot you something people that quickly Corpus to say so


gabble
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gabble1 /ˈɡæbəl/ verb (past tense and past participle gabbled, present participle gabbling) [intransitive and transitive]
 Date: 1500-1600
 Origin: Perhaps from Middle Dutch gabbelen
to say something so quickly that people cannot hear you clearly or understand you properly:
    Just calm down, stop gabbling, and tell me what has happened.

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gabble2 noun [singular, uncountable]
a lot of talking that is difficult to understand, especially when several people are talking at the same time
   SYN  babble:
    a gabble of voices


gab·bleBrE /ˈɡæbl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈɡæbl/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they gabble BrE /ˈɡæbl/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈɡæbl/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it gabbles BrE /ˈɡæblz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈɡæblz/ 🔊past simple gabbled BrE /ˈɡæbld/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈɡæbld/ 🔊past participle gabbled BrE /ˈɡæbld/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈɡæbld/ 🔊 -ing form gabbling BrE /ˈɡæblɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈɡæblɪŋ/ 🔊 [intransitive, transitive] (informal) to talk quickly so that people cannot hear you clearly or understand you 急促而含混不清地说She was nervous and started to gabble. 她紧张得话都说不清了。🔊🔊~ on/away They were gabbling on about the past. 他们谈论着过去,声音显得急促而含混不清。🔊🔊~ sth He was gabbling nonsense. 他在叽里咕噜说废话。🔊🔊+ speech 'No, no, not all,' she gabbled. “不,不,不是所有。” 她急促而含糊地说。🔊🔊
gab·bleBrE /ˈɡæbl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈɡæbl/ 🔊 noun [singular] fast speech that is difficult to understand, especially when a lot of people are talking at the same time (尤指许多人同时说话时)急促不清的话