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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++jab·ber /ˈdʒæbə $ -ər/ verb [intransitive, transitive]  TALK TO somebodyto talk quickly in an excited and unclear way – used to show disapproval 急促[激动]而含糊地说()〔含贬义〕 The tourists were jabbering away on the bus. 那些游客在公共汽车上叽叽呱呱地说话。jabber noun [singular, uncountable]→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
jabberThat's something we expect will greatly reduce the number of actual candidates from all those currently jabbering about it.Mundin is jabbering away about the gun he got to hold.Normally, Mickeen would detain you as long as he could, jabbering away about this, that and the other.They were designed to unnerve you, to make you start jabbering indiscreetly.And while they were up there in the wide, blue yonder, they jabbered non-stop to each other over the radio.a pair of jabbering parrotsTerry jabbered with her brethren, asking for jobs.
Origin jabber (1400-1500) From the sound
jab·ber verbChineseSyllable
used excited quickly in an to and unclear way Corpus talk


jabber
jabber /ˈdʒæbə $ -ər/ verb [intransitive and transitive]
 Date: 1400-1500
 Origin: From the sound
to talk quickly in an excited and unclear way – used to show disapproval:
    The tourists were jabbering away on the bus.
—jabber noun [singular, uncountable]


jab·berBrE /ˈdʒæbə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdʒæbər/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they jabber BrE /ˈdʒæbə(r)/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈdʒæbər/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it jabbers BrE /ˈdʒæbəz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈdʒæbərz/ 🔊past simple jabbered BrE /ˈdʒæbəd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈdʒæbərd/ 🔊past participle jabbered BrE /ˈdʒæbəd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈdʒæbərd/ 🔊 -ing form jabbering BrE /ˈdʒæbərɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈdʒæbərɪŋ/ 🔊 [intransitive, transitive] ~ (about sth) | + speech (disapproving) to talk quickly and in an excited way so that it is difficult to understand what you are saying 急促(或激动)而含混不清地说 SYN gabble What is he jabbering about now? 他在叽里咕噜地说什么呢?🔊🔊 jab·ber noun [uncountable]