informal <非正式>
(gabbed, gabbing)no obj.
- talk, typically at length about trivial matters空谈, 闲聊, 唠叨, 喋喋不休：
Franny walked right past a woman gabbing on the phone.
弗兰尼正好从一个唠唠叨叨地打电话的女人身边走过。
短语
the gift of the gab
- the ability to speak with eloquence and fluency雄辩流利的口才。
词源
early 18th cent.: variant of GOB1.