burble

burble
verb
  1. [no obj.]make a continuous murmuring noise
    发出汩汩声
    the wind burbled in his ear.
    风在他耳边呼呼作响。
    ■speak in an unintelligible or silly way, especially at unnecessary length
    嘟嘟囔囔地说;絮絮不休
    he burbled on about annuities.
    为养老年金的事,他不停地嘟囔。
    [with obj.]he was burbling inanities.
    他絮絮不休地讲着些蠢话。
    ■[often as noun](Aeronautics)(burbling)(of an airflow) break up into turbulence
    (航天)气流动荡
noun
  1. [mass noun]continuous murmuring noise
    汩汩声
    ■rambling speech
    漫谈,不连贯的话
    an hour of boring burble.
    无聊地东拉西扯了一小时。
派生
burbler
noun
语源
  1. Middle English (in the sense 'to bubble'): imitative. Current senses date from the late 19th cent
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