[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
[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
Middle English (in the sense 'to bubble'): imitative. Current senses date from the late 19th cent