chiefly Scottish & Irish <主苏格兰, 主爱尔兰>
no obj.
1- dribble at the mouth; slaver淌口水, 垂涎:
he was slabbering like a child.
他像小孩一样淌口水。
1.1
- with obj. splatter or splash (something)溅, 飞溅:
his trouser legs were slabbered with mud.
他的裤腿上溅了泥巴。
1.2
- chatter, especially about matters of little importance(尤指对不重要的事情)唠叨, 喋喋不休地谈:
as noun slabbering all the slabbering you do gets Bobby into some trouble.你那没完的唠叨使鲍比遇到了麻烦。
- a dribble of saliva流出的口水。
词源
mid 16th cent. (in the sense 'dribble on'): related to dialect slab 'muddy place, puddle'.