Babble

(noun.) gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby.

(verb.) to talk foolishly; 'The two women babbled and crooned at the baby'.

(verb.) utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way; 'The old man is only babbling--don't pay attention'.

录入:纳丁

• He was afraid that one day he would break down and be a purely meaningless babble lapping round a darkness. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• I began well; and, but for babbling drabs, I would have finished as I began! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• Over babbling brooks they took impossible leaps, which seemed to keep them whole days suspended in the air. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• So if it were not for adult language, we should not be able to see the import of the babbling impulses of infancy. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.

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