Mẫu sử dụng:
[someone] babbles (about [something])
As soon as she saw the puppy, she started babbling with excitement.
Amint meglátta a kiskutyát, izgalmában hadarni kezdett.
He was so tired he began to babble and lose his train of thought.
Annyira fáradt volt, hogy hadarni kezdett, és elvesztette a gondolat fonalát.
Stop babbling and tell me what actually happened.
Ví dụ cho người học
I was nervous and I started to babble.
Ideges voltam, és elkezdtem hadarni.
Please don’t babble—speak slowly.
Kérlek, ne hadarj — beszélj lassan.
Lỗi thường gặp:
Do not confuse babble with bubble (make bubbles).
Nghĩa
talk fast in a silly way
Cụm từ đi kèm
babble on
|babble away
|babble incoherently
|babble nervously
|babble excitedly
|babble nonsense
|babble about nothing
|babble to yourself
|babble a reply
|babble for hours
Từ đồng nghĩa
chatter (more neutral and often friendly; less confused than babble)
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ramble (long and not well organized, but not necessarily fast)
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prattle (suggests childish or trivial talk)
Từ trái nghĩa
be silent (not speak at all)
|
speak clearly (communicate in an organized, understandable way)
Chủ đề
communication
|emotions
|daily_life
Định nghĩa
to talk too much and too fast, in a confused way
To talk rapidly and continuously in a way that is confused, silly, or hard to understand, often because of excitement, nervousness, or tiredness.
Mẫu sử dụng:
a babble (of [voices])
In the café there was a constant babble of voices.
A kávézóban állandó zsivaj volt a sok beszédtől.
His explanation was just babble to me.
A magyarázata számomra csak hablaty volt.
The meeting dissolved into babble and side conversations.
Ví dụ cho người học
I couldn’t hear over the babble in the room.
Nem hallottam a szobában lévő zsivajtól.
Lỗi thường gặp:
Babble is usually uncountable; when countable it often appears in patterns like 'a babble of voices'.
Nghĩa
confused, continuous talk
Cụm từ đi kèm
a babble of voices
|background babble
|constant babble
|in a babble
|the babble of conversation
|turn into babble
Từ đồng nghĩa
nonsense (focuses on lack of meaning, not necessarily fast speech)
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chatter (can be pleasant; babble is more negative/unclear)
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jabber (often louder or more frantic; can sound more harsh)
Từ trái nghĩa
silence (absence of sound or speech)
|
clarity (speech that is understandable and organized)
Chủ đề
communication
|daily_life
Định nghĩa
a lot of fast, unclear talking
Speech that is rapid, continuous, and difficult to understand, often seen as foolish or meaningless.
Mẫu sử dụng:
[someone] babbles (about [something]) / babble [something] to [someone]
He babbled the plan to a coworker after a few drinks.
Pár ital után elkotyogta a tervet egy munkatársának.
She promised she wouldn’t babble, but she told her sister everything.
Megígérte, hogy nem kotyogja el, de a húgának mindent elmondott.
Under questioning, he began to babble details he should have kept to himself.
Ví dụ cho người học
Don’t babble the surprise to anyone.
Ne kotyogd el a meglepetést senkinek.
I babbled the secret by mistake.
Véletlenül elkotyogtam a titkot.
Lỗi thường gặp:
This sense is about revealing information, not just speaking unclearly; it often implies regret or carelessness.
Nghĩa
reveal secrets by talking too much
Cụm từ đi kèm
babble the truth
|babble a secret
|babble details
|babble to the press
|babble to the police
|babble under pressure
Từ đồng nghĩa
spill (informal; often used with 'the beans')
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blurt (emphasizes suddenness; babble emphasizes uncontrolled talking)
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let slip (often small, accidental disclosure)
Từ trái nghĩa
keep quiet (avoid speaking or revealing information)
|
conceal (deliberately keep something secret)
Chủ đề
communication
|relationships
|crime_law
Định nghĩa
to accidentally tell a secret because you talk too much
To reveal private information unintentionally or carelessly, especially by talking too much.
Mẫu sử dụng:
[water/stream/fountain] babbles
A small stream babbled over the rocks behind the house.
Egy kis patak csobogott a kövek között a ház mögött.
Water babbled softly in the garden fountain.
A kerti szökőkútban halkan csobogott a víz.
They sat near the creek and listened as it babbled past.
Ví dụ cho người học
The brook babbled quietly.
A patak halkan csobogott.
Lỗi thường gặp:
This is about sound; it does not mean the water is forming bubbles.
Nghĩa
make a gentle running-water sound
Cụm từ đi kèm
a stream babbles
|a brook babbles
|water babbles
|babble along
|babble over stones
|babble in the background
Từ đồng nghĩa
gurgle (more irregular, throat-like sound)
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murmur (softer and less bubbly)
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ripple (focuses more on movement than sound)
Từ trái nghĩa
fall silent (stop making noise)
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roar (make a very loud water sound)
Định nghĩa
to make a soft sound like moving water
To make a soft, continuous, bubbling or murmuring sound, especially like a small stream or fountain.
Mẫu sử dụng:
the babble of [a stream/water]
The babble of the brook helped her fall asleep.
A patak csobogása segített neki elaludni.
They could hear the babble of water somewhere in the dark.
Hallották a víz csobogását valahol a sötétben.
Morning birdsong mixed with the babble from the stream.
Ví dụ cho người học
I like the babble of the river.
Szeretem a folyó csobogását.
Lỗi thường gặp:
Often used with 'of': 'the babble of the brook'.
Nghĩa
soft sound of running water
Cụm từ đi kèm
the babble of a brook
|the babble of a stream
|the gentle babble
|the soothing babble
|listen to the babble
Từ đồng nghĩa
murmur (general soft sound; babble is specifically bubbly/stream-like)
|
gurgle (more uneven, sometimes louder sound)
Từ trái nghĩa
silence (no sound)
|
din (loud, unpleasant noise)
Định nghĩa
the gentle sound of moving water
A soft, continuous bubbling or murmuring sound, especially the sound made by a small stream of flowing water.
Mẫu sử dụng:
[baby/child] babbles
The baby babbled happily in her high chair.
A kisbaba vidáman gügyögött az etetőszékében.
He started babbling at around six months.
Körülbelül hat hónapos korában kezdett gügyögni.
She babbled sounds that almost resembled words.
Ví dụ cho người học
My baby babbles a lot.
A kisbabám sokat gügyög.
Lỗi thường gặp:
Babble for babies is normal and positive; for adults it is often negative (confused talk).
Nghĩa
make baby-like speech sounds
Cụm từ đi kèm
babble happily
|babble to you
|babble in the crib
|start babbling
|babble sounds
|baby babbles
Từ đồng nghĩa
coo (softer baby sounds; not necessarily speech-like)
|
gurgle (often refers to throat sounds in babies)
Từ trái nghĩa
be quiet (make no sound)
|
speak (use real words clearly)
Chủ đề
family
|health
|language_learning
Định nghĩa
when a baby makes early talking sounds
To produce repeated, meaningless speech-like sounds, especially as a baby learning to speak.