gabbling v. 急促而含糊不清地说(gabble 的现在分词)
- The guests in the dining room were gabbling away when the clock struck ten.
时钟已敲十点,餐室里的客人们还叽哩咕噜地谈个不停。 - Emails can be deleted and ignored while a conference call puts one at the mercy of people gabbling away interminably at what is often an unsociable hour.
人们可以删除或忽略电子邮件,而电话会议中你得听有些人喋喋不休说个没完,在这一个小时中你也往往没法去跟人结交。
Gabble \Gab"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gabbled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Gabbling}.] [Freq. of gab. See {Gab}, v. i.]
1. To talk fast, or to talk without meaning; to prate; to
jabber. --Shak.
2. To utter inarticulate sounds with rapidity; -- used of
fowls as well as people; as, gabbling geese.
[1913 Webster +PJC]