词汇释义

jabber  TEM8  GRE

UK  /ˈdʒæb.ər/ US  /ˈdʒæb.ɚ/

1. verb, If you say that someone is jabbering, you mean that they are talking very quickly and excitedly, and you cannot understand them.急促而含混不清地说，激动而口齿不清地说

2. noun, fast, excited talk that makes little sense. 急促而无意义的话, 无聊的话

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外刊例句

1. The president, a Queens native, grew up immersed in the jabbering, elbows-out culture of talk radio, province of swaggerers like the sports host Mike Francesa.(New York Times)

2. Other than when he's meeting with one or two African leaders, none of the rest of his behavior and jabber matters in Davos.(New York Times)

3. Watching this kind of ceremony on television is a little like being invited to someone’s skybox at the — the view is amazing, but the host is still going to jabber throughout the game.(New York Times)

4. "Every day brings more absurd, speculative jabbering," the official said.(Reuters)

5. This year, he was an eager participant in the conditioning program at the team complex, running and lifting weights while jabbering alongside his teammates.(Washington Times)

6. He appreciated it all, though he toyed with his self-consciousness by sweetly excusing himself for jabbering away with personal reflections.(New York Times)

7. Clay would jabber “gee, gee, gee, gee” by the side of his crib, so his family started calling him GG.(Time)

8. It was just before the start of Game 6, and I began to jabber that I was a reporter too far from home and.(New York Times)

9. Throughout, he jabbered with James on the court and insulted him in interviews.(New York Times)

10. Occasionally, he would jabber about building a winner for the new Great American Ball Park.(New York Times)

11. Mostly, they dismiss jabbering between fans as good-natured ribbing.(Seattle Times)

12. Days later, against the Nets, Thompson was heard yelling “Cuz!” to try to get Cousins’s attention as he jabbered with a referee in the middle of a play, not an uncommon occurrence.(New York Times)

词汇搭配

jabber with, about

词汇家族

jabbers, jabbering, jabbered

词汇来源

"talk rapidly and indistinctly," 1650s, spelling variant of Middle English jablen (c. 1400), also javeren, jaberen, chaveren, jawin; probably ultimately echoic. The noun, "rapid, unintelligible talk" is 1727, from the verb. Related: Jabberment (Milton).

近义词

babble, bumble, chat, chatter, drivel, drool, gabble, gibber, prattle, sputter

反义词

articulate, enunciate, pronounce