babble
US
UK babble vi: (baby: make sounds) (婴儿)
SC 牙牙学语，发出模糊的声音 yá yá xué yǔ ，fā chū mó hu de shēng yīn
The baby is babbling happily in her cot; she is talking to her teddy bear.
babble vi: figurative (adult: talk incoherently) (成人)
SC 语无伦次 yǔ wú lún cì
TC 語無倫次
TC 語無倫次
Calm down - you're babbling and I can't tell what you're saying.
babble n: (baby: speech sounds) (婴儿)
SC 牙牙学语 yá yá xué yǔ
The baby's babbles will soon become true words.
babble n: figurative (adult: nonsensical talk) (成人)
SC 瞎说八道，胡言乱语 xiā shuō bā dào，hú yán luàn yǔ
TC 胡言亂語
TC 胡言亂語
I can't listen to any more of your babble!
psychobabble, psycho-babble n: informal, pejorative (meaningless psychological jargon)
SC 心理学呓语
My mother refuses to see a therapist; she says she doesn't want to listen to psychobabble.