v. 喋喋不休；含糊不清地说；呀呀学语；（不自觉地）泄露；（溪水）作潺潺声（babble 的过去式和过去分词）

Babble \Bab"ble\ (b[a^]b"b'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Babbled}
(b[a^]b"b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Babbling}.] [Cf. LG. babbeln,
D. babbelen, G. bappeln, bappern, F. babiller, It. babbolare;
prob. orig., to keep saying ba, imitative of a child learning
to talk.]
1. To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter
inarticulate sounds; as a child babbles.

2. To talk incoherently; to utter unmeaning words.

3. To talk much; to chatter; to prate.

4. To make a continuous murmuring noise, as shallow water
running over stones.

In every babbling brook he finds a friend.
--Wordsworth.

Note: Hounds are said to babble, or to be babbling, when they
are too noisy after having found a good scent.

Syn: To prate; prattle; chatter; gossip.