gibber

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Gibberish, unintelligible speech. countable,uncountable
  2. A stone or rock, of chalcedony or similar mineral, found strewn over arid regions of inland Australia; a gibber stone. Australia
  3. A balky horse.
    — 1831-1850, William Youatt, On the Structure and the Diseases of the Horse A hasty and passionate breaker will often make a really goodtempered young horse an inveterate gibber
  4. Any small rock or stone, especially one used for throwing. Australia,colloquial
    — “Well, all I can say is that if yer don't take yer dial outer the road I'll bloomin' well take an' bounce a gibber off yer crust.”
  5. A large boulder or rocky outcrop; also, an overhanging rock formation. Australia,obsolete
动词 v.
  1. To jabber, talk rapidly and unintelligibly or incoherently.
    — A little ere the mightiest Julius fell, / The graves stood tenantless and the sheeted dead / Did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets – […]

词形变化

gibbers plural gibbers present,singular,third-person gibbering participle,present gibbered participle,past gibbered past gibbers plural gibbers plural

词汇关系

衍生词
gibberbird gibber plain gibber stone
相关词
reg desert pavement

词源

词源 1
Uncertain; usually regarded as a back-formation from gibberish (see gibberish for more).
词源 2
From Dharug giba.
词源 3
Etymology tree
English gib
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English gibber
From gib + -er.
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