gibberish英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

Speech or writing that is unintelligible, incoherent or meaningless. uncountable,usually

— Such gibberish as children may be heard amusing themselves with.
Needlessly obscure or overly technical language. uncountable,usually
A language game, comparable to pig Latin, in which one inserts a nonsense syllable before the first vowel in each syllable of a word. uncountable,usually

形容词 adj.

unintelligible, incoherent or meaningless

词形变化

gibberishes plural more gibberish comparative most gibberish superlative

词汇关系

近义词

gibber

衍生词

gibberishlike gibberishy

词源

词源 1

First attested mid-16th century. Origin obscure. Possibly from *gibber, of onomatopoeic origin imitating to the sound of chatter, possibly from or influenced by jabber, + -ish denoting the name of a language (compare English, Finnish, Spanish, etc.). The verb gibber, first attested circa 1600, is usually regarded as a back-formation from gibberish.

词源 2

First attested mid-16th century. Origin obscure. Possibly from *gibber, of onomatopoeic origin imitating to the sound of chatter, possibly from or influenced by jabber, + -ish denoting the name of a language (compare English, Finnish, Spanish, etc.). The verb gibber, first attested circa 1600, is usually regarded as a back-formation from gibberish.