[no obj.]speak rapidly and unintelligibly, typically through fear or shock (尤指因惊吓而)口齿不清、急急忙忙地说 they shrieked and gibbered as flames surrounded them. 大火向他们包围过来时,他们又是尖声喊叫又是惊慌地叽里呱啦着。 [as adj. gibbering]a gibbering idiot. 一个前言不搭后语的白痴。
语源
early 17th cent.: imitative
gibber2 [ˈgɪbə] (亦作 gibber stone) noun
(Austral.)a stone or boulder forming part of a boulder plain (澳)风棱石,风刻石 ■any small stone 小石头