Stop babbling and speak more slowly. 别老是咿咿呀呀的, 说慢点儿.
What is he babbling (on) about? 他在唠叨什麽?
babbling
[ noun ] gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby <noun.communication>
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.
They entertained often at their grand home, sitting peacefully on the sprawling estate filled with weeping willows, walnut and pine trees and a babbling brook.