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。
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