burble

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈbɜː.bl̩/    美 /ˈbɝ.bl̩/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A bubbling, gurgling sound, as of a creek.
    — Marta's gander was a magnificent snow-white bird: the object of terror to foxes, children and dogs. She had reared him as a gosling; and whenever he approached, he would let fly a low contented burble and sidle his neck around her thighs.
  2. Trouble; disorder.
  3. A gush of rapid speech.
    — He could hear the music in the distance, and the burble and laughter from the library, and a high ringing in his own ears.
  4. The turbulent boundary layer about a moving streamlined body.
动词 v.
  1. To bubble; to gurgle. intransitive
    — The stream burbled as it flowed past. Its slightly musty odor smelled of trout.
  2. To trouble or confuse. transitive
  3. To babble; to speak in an excited rush.
    — She burbled on, as if I cared to listen.

词形变化

burbles plural burbles present,singular,third-person burbling participle,present burbled participle,past burbled past burbles present,singular,third-person burbling participle,present burbled participle,past burbled past

词汇关系

衍生词
burbler burbly

词源

词源 1
From Middle English burblen (“to bubble”), imitative.
词源 2
Scottish; probably connected Old French barbouiller (“to confound”).
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