talk rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way
唠叨；喋喋不休
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they babbled on about their holiday .他们继续喋喋不休地谈论着假期。
[reporting verb]utter something rapidly and incoherently
嘀咕；含混不清地说
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[with direct speech]
‘Thank goodness you're all right,’ she babbled “幸好你没事，”她嘀咕着
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[with obj.]
he began to babble an apology .他开始含混不清地表示道歉。
reveal something secret or confidential by talking impulsively or carelessly
（不自觉地或不小心）泄露机密
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he babbled to another convict while he was in jail 他在监狱里的时候无意中对另一个犯人泄露了秘密
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[with obj.]
my father babbled out the truth .我父亲失口说出了真相。
[usu. as adj.
（溪水）潺潺作响
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a gently babbling brook .潺潺低语的小溪。
[in sing.]the sound of a person or a group of people babbling
喋喋不休的声音；嘈杂的谈话声；七嘴八舌
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a babble of protest .七嘴八舌的抗议。
foolish, excited, confused talk
蠢话；胡言乱语
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her soft voice stopped his babble .她轻柔的声音制止了他的胡言乱语。
[usu. in combination or with modifier]pretentious jargon from a specified field
行话
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New Age babble .新时代的行话。
the continuous murmuring sound of water flowing over stones in a stream
（水流的）潺潺声
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the babble of a brook .小溪的潺潺声。
[mass noun]background disturbance caused by interference from conversations on other telephone lines
（电信）集扰。
"Middle English： from Middle Low German