English Dictionary

babble

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈbæb.l̩/

名詞

不可算名詞 通常

Idle talk; senseless prattle / Inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur. / A sound like that of water gently flowing around obstructions.

日本語の意味

たわいもないおしゃべり、くだらない雑談 / 不明瞭でまとまりのない、もごもごとした話し方 / 障害物に水が穏やかに流れる際に生じるような、連続的でぼやけた音

His constant babble during the meeting annoyed everyone.

会議中の彼の絶え間ない無駄話は皆を苛立たせた。

意味（1）

Idle talk; senseless prattle

This is mere moral babble.

意味（2）

Inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur.

[M]an has an instinctive tendency to speak, as we see in the babble of our young children; whilst no child has an instinctive tendency to brew, bake, or write.

意味（3）

A sound like that of water gently flowing around obstructions.

[T]he babble of the stream / Fell, and without the steady glare / Shrank the sick olive sere and small.

babbles （ plural ）