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babble

['bæbl] брит. / амер.

сущ.
1. лепет
2. бормотание
3. болтовня
4. журчание, щебетание, гомон
гл.
1. лепетать; бормотать; болтать
2. = babble out выболтать; проболтаться
3. журчать (о ручейке), щебетать (о птицах)

Psychology (En-Ru)

babble

лепет, бормотание || лепетать, бормотать

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The house seemed bursting with the crowd, and a ceaseless babble of talking and laughter and giggles and shrill feminine squeaks and screams rose and fell.
Толпа гостей, казалось, заполнила дом до отказу, и над ней — то чуть затихая, то усиливаясь — звучал неумолчный гул голосов, пронзительные женские возгласы, смех.
Mitchell, Margaret / Gone with the windМитчелл, Маргарет / Унесенные ветром. Том 1
Унесенные ветром. Том 1
Митчелл, Маргарет
© Перевод. Т. А. Озерская, 1982
Gone with the wind
Mitchell, Margaret
© 1936 By Macmillan Publishing Company, a division of Macmillan. Inc.
© renewed 1964 by Stephens Mitchell
© renewed 1964 by Stephens Mitchell and Trust Compnay of Georgia as Executors of Margaret Mitchell Marsh

Perhaps I am not reporting it quite right and don't know how to report it, but the drift of the babble was something of that sort.
Одним словом, я, может, и не так передаю и передать не умею, но смысл болтовни был именно в этом роде.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The possessedДостоевский, Фёдор / Бесы
Бесы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1989
The possessed
Dostoevsky, Fyodor

But what is to be done if the direct and sole vocation of every intelligent man is babble, that is, the intentional pouring of water through a sieve?
Но что же делать, если прямое и единственное назначение всякого умного человека есть болтовня, то есть умышленное пересыпанье из пустого в порожнее.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / Notes from the UndergroundДостоевский, Фёдор / Записки из подполья
Записки из подполья
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Наука", 1989
Notes from the Underground
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
© 2008 by Classic House Books

You Elenes babble far too much.' Although her voice was that of a little girl, her words and inflections were peculiarly adult.
Вы, эленийцы, болтаете слишком много, и от других ждете того же, — странно было слышать взрослую речь из уст маленькой девочки.
Eddings, David / The Ruby KnightЭддингс, Дэвид / Рубиновый рыцарь
Рубиновый рыцарь
Эддингс, Дэвид
The Ruby Knight
Eddings, David
© 1990 by David Eddings

But you know I have my policy; I babble away and suddenly I say something clever just as they are on the look-out for it.
Да ведь я с тактикой; я вру, вру, а вдруг и умное слово скажу, именно тогда, когда они все его ищут.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The possessedДостоевский, Фёдор / Бесы
Бесы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1989
The possessed
Dostoevsky, Fyodor

The babble continued. It all bore upon Maisie.
Дик долго еще продолжал бредить, главным образом обращаясь к Мэзи.
Kipling, Joseph Rudyard / The Light That FailedКиплинг, Джозеф Редьярд / Свет погас
Свет погас
Киплинг, Джозеф Редьярд
© "Издательство П. П. Сойкина", 1915
The Light That Failed
Kipling, Joseph Rudyard
© 2011 by Victorian Secrets

Without jumping into techno-babble land, Internet traffic is broken down into Internet Protocol packets.
Не углубляясь в технические детали, отметим, что передача данных в Интернете осуществляется пакетами с использованием протокола передачи данных, созданным для сети Интернет.
Simmons, Kurt / Windows XP Headaches - How to Fix Common (and Not So Common) Problems in a HurryСиммонс, Курт / Головная боль Windows XP. Быстрое решение стандартных (и не только) проблем
Головная боль Windows XP. Быстрое решение стандартных (и не только) проблем
Симмонс, Курт
© Издание на русском языке Издательство Бином, 2004
Windows XP Headaches - How to Fix Common (and Not So Common) Problems in a Hurry
Simmons, Kurt
© 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies

"Does he really want to distract my attention with his silly babble?"
"Да что он в самом деле, что ли, хочет внимание мое развлечь глупою своею болтовней?"
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / Crime and PunishmentДостоевский, Фёдор / Преступление и наказание
Преступление и наказание
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1970
Crime and Punishment
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
© 2009 Rhodes Media

The boys began to babble.
Все заговорили разом.
Golding, William / Lord of the fliesГолдинг, Уильям / Повелитель мух
Повелитель мух
Голдинг, Уильям
© Е. Суриц, перевод, 1981
© "Азбука-классика", 2005
Lord of the flies
Golding, William
© 1954 by William Golding

A month earlier, under the first spell of the great project, she would babble about it to anyone she met; and even sent a paragraph to one of the Petersburg papers about the toasts and speeches arranged for her fete.
С месяц назад, еще под первым обаянием великого замысла, она лепетала о своем празднике первому встречному, а о том, что у нее будут провозглашены тосты, послала даже в одну из столичных газет.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The possessedДостоевский, Фёдор / Бесы
Бесы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1989
The possessed
Dostoevsky, Fyodor

As he switched on the radio, Pat heard the babble of conversation start up behind him.
Он включил приемник, но еще раньше за его спиной начался оживленный разговор.
Clarke, Arthur Charles / A Fall of MoondustКларк, Артур Чарльз / Лунная пыль
Лунная пыль
Кларк, Артур Чарльз
A Fall of Moondust
Clarke, Arthur Charles

The babble died away a little as Carshot began barking across the table at Kipps.
Шум поутих, когда в столовой раздался лающий голос Каршота.
Wells, Herbert George / KippsУэллс, Герберт / Киппс
Киппс
Уэллс, Герберт
© Издательство "Правда", 1964
Kipps
Wells, Herbert George
© the Literary Executors of the Estate of H. G. Wells, 1905

He was so glad to see her that he began to babble, the words coming out all in a rush.
От радости Рори начал болтать без остановки, глотая окончания слов.
De Lint, Charles / Someplace To Be FlyingДе Линт, Чарльз / Покинутые небеса
Покинутые небеса
Де Линт, Чарльз
Someplace To Be Flying
De Lint, Charles
© 1998 by Charles de Lint

I stiffened when I heard a babble of voices again, this time from ahead.
Где‑то впереди раздался шум голосов, и я напряглась.
Meyer, Stephenie / The HostМайер, Стефани / Гостья
Гостья
Майер, Стефани
© Н. Балашова, 2010
© Издание на русском языке AST Publishers
© Stephenie Meyer, 2008
The Host
Meyer, Stephenie
© 2008 by Stephenie Meyer

Wanda had already slumped back like a stone and had fallen asleep again, but Vasilisa could not bring himself to lie down until the last chord had faded away upstairs amid a confused babble of shouts.
Но Ванда уже свалилась как камень и опять заснула. Василиса же лег лишь тогда, когда последний аккорд расплылся наверху в смутном грохоте и вскрикиваньях.
Bulgakov, Michail / The White GuardБулгаков, Михаил / Белая гвардия
Белая гвардия
Булгаков, Михаил
© Мурманское книжное издательство, 1990
The White Guard
Bulgakov, Michail
© 1971 by McGraw-Hill Book Company

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'bæblNounлепетExamples

childish babble — детский лепет

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Collocations

begin to babble / murmur

зажурчать

begin to babble / prattle

залепетать

babble on

нести

babble on

плести

babble of birds

щебетание птиц

babble of the brook

журчание ручейка

babbling error

многословие

Word forms

babble

verb

Basic forms
Past	babbled
Imperative	babble
Present Participle (Participle I)	babbling
Past Participle (Participle II)	babbled

Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I babble	we babble
you babble	you babble
he/she/it babbles	they babble

Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am babbling	we are babbling
you are babbling	you are babbling
he/she/it is babbling	they are babbling

Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have babbled	we have babbled
you have babbled	you have babbled
he/she/it has babbled	they have babbled

Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been babbling	we have been babbling
you have been babbling	you have been babbling
he/she/it has been babbling	they have been babbling

Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I babbled	we babbled
you babbled	you babbled
he/she/it babbled	they babbled

Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was babbling	we were babbling
you were babbling	you were babbling
he/she/it was babbling	they were babbling

Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had babbled	we had babbled
you had babbled	you had babbled
he/she/it had babbled	they had babbled

Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been babbling	we had been babbling
you had been babbling	you had been babbling
he/she/it had been babbling	they had been babbling

Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will babble	we shall/will babble
you will babble	you will babble
he/she/it will babble	they will babble

Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be babbling	we shall/will be babbling
you will be babbling	you will be babbling
he/she/it will be babbling	they will be babbling

Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have babbled	we shall/will have babbled
you will have babbled	you will have babbled
he/she/it will have babbled	they will have babbled

Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been babbling	we shall/will have been babbling
you will have been babbling	you will have been babbling
he/she/it will have been babbling	they will have been babbling

Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would babble	we should/would babble
you would babble	you would babble
he/she/it would babble	they would babble

Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be babbling	we should/would be babbling
you would be babbling	you would be babbling
he/she/it would be babbling	they would be babbling

Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have babbled	we should/would have babbled
you would have babbled	you would have babbled
he/she/it would have babbled	they would have babbled

Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been babbling	we should/would have been babbling
you would have been babbling	you would have been babbling
he/she/it would have been babbling	they would have been babbling

Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am babbled	we are babbled
you are babbled	you are babbled
he/she/it is babbled	they are babbled

Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being babbled	we are being babbled
you are being babbled	you are being babbled
he/she/it is being babbled	they are being babbled

Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been babbled	we have been babbled
you have been babbled	you have been babbled
he/she/it has been babbled	they have been babbled

Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was babbled	we were babbled
you were babbled	you were babbled
he/she/it was babbled	they were babbled

Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being babbled	we were being babbled
you were being babbled	you were being babbled
he/she/it was being babbled	they were being babbled

Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been babbled	we had been babbled
you had been babbled	you had been babbled
he/she/it had been babbled	they had been babbled

Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be babbled	we shall/will be babbled
you will be babbled	you will be babbled
he/she/it will be babbled	they will be babbled

Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been babbled	we shall/will have been babbled
you will have been babbled	you will have been babbled
he/she/it will have been babbled	they will have been babbled

babble

noun

	Singular	Plural
Common case	babble	babbles
Possessive case	babble's	babbles'

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babble

Psychology (En-Ru)

babble

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