babble
英 ['bæb(ə)l]
美 ['bæbl]
- vi. 喋喋不休；呀呀學語；作潺潺聲
- vt. 含糊不清地說；泄露
- n. 含糊不清的話；胡言亂語；潺潺聲
助記提示
1. 區別：bubble, babble.
2. babble 是由擬聲詞根*ba-(模擬小孩咿啞學語言的聲音)演變而來，由此兩個詞就區分開了。
3. bubble 也應該是擬聲詞，由*bo-(對應漢語為：啵，啵；就是模擬吹氣泡發出的聲音)擬聲詞根演變而來，然後元音降級（-o- => -u-）而得。
4. Babble：可能來自Babel，聖經中的巴別塔，一座人類建造通往天庭的塔，上帝為阻止人類的企圖而混雜了人類的語言，使人類無法合作。所以引申為聲音、語言的嘈雜。而babble（說傻話，牙牙學語）也是語言上的混亂不清。聯想：從巴別塔Babel上下來的人都說傻話babble。----說蠢話，牙牙學語。
中文詞源
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. They began to curse and shout in a babble of languages.
- 他們開始用不同的語言嘰裏咕嚕地謾罵吵嚷起來。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. a babble of voices
- 人聲嘈雜
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. The babble of voices in the next compartment annoyed all of us.
- 隔壁的車廂隔間裏不間歇的嘈雜談話聲讓我們都很氣惱.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. Kemp knocked loudly so as to be heard above the high babble of voices.
- 肯普大聲敲著，好讓人們在一片高聲喧嚷中聽到他的聲音。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. I heard, even over the babble of the crowd, a sharp, shocked intake of breath.
- 即便人聲鼎沸，我還是聽到有人猛地倒抽一口冷氣。
來自柯林斯例句