As empty vessels make the loudest sound, so they have least wit are the greatest babblers.–Plato

　　正像空容器发出的声音最大，智力最低者最善于唠叨不休。---柏拉图

　　【世博精解】

　　babbler means one that babbles:是指胡言乱语的人。

　　例如：

　　a babbler of half-truths.

　　一个半真半假的胡言乱语者

　　However, the other usage we don’t know. It means a tape recording of several dozen voices talking at the same time, used as an antibugging device to make private or secret conversations inaudible to eavesdroppers.是指防窃听多声磁带记录了许多同一时刻说话声音的磁带，用作一种防窃听装置使私人的或秘密的谈话不被偷听者听到。

　　Babble means to utter a meaningless confusion of words or sounds.是指说话含糊不清发出一种无意义的混乱的词或声音的意思。它的另一种意思是形容乱哄哄的声音。

　　例如：I heard the babble of many voices.

　　我听到许多乱哄哄的说话声。