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gib·ber /ˈdʒɪbə $ -ər/ verb [intransitive] TALK TO somebodyto speak quickly in a way that is difficult to understand, especially because you are very frightened or shocked 〔尤因害怕或受惊而〕说话急促不清 → jabbergibber with ‘It was her, ’ said Ruth, gibbering with fear. “就是她。”露丝吓得话也说不清楚了。 —gibbering adjective British English a gibbering wreck (=someone who is very shocked or frightened) 受惊的人,被吓坏的人→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusgibber• Something else Hugh saw nearly made him gibber.• More voices began to call and gibber from other houses, and everywhere he saw signs that the familiar world was disintegrating.• He was gibbering with rage.a gibbering wreck• The great anti-Establishment provocateur of the Sixties now reduced to a gibbering wreck?Origin gibber (1600-1700) From the soundgib·ber verbChineseSyllable quickly speak Corpus in is way that to a |