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blubbering

/bluhb-er/US // ˈblʌb ər //UK // (ˈblʌbə) //

胡言乱语,哭哭啼啼的,哭哭啼啼,流言蜚语

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Zoology. the fat layer between the skin and muscle of whales and other cetaceans, from which oil is made.
    • : excess body fat.
    • : an act of weeping noisily and without restraint.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to weep noisily and without restraint: Stop blubbering and tell me what's wrong.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to say, especially incoherently, while weeping: The child seemed to be blubbering something about a lost ring.
    • : to contort or disfigure with weeping.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : disfigured with blubbering; blubbery: She dried her blubber eyes.
    • : fatty; swollen; puffed out: thick, blubber lips; blubber-faced.

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Examples

  • I remember well reading all those columns blubbering, how can she stay with him?

  • From Robert De Niro to Anne Hathaway, Kevin Fallon looks at the nominees who are blubbering their way to a (possible) Oscar.

  • "I don't want to wait," cried Stover, blubbering despite himself.

  • A spliced table was stretched nearly the full length of the long hall, and a great kettle of coffee was blubbering on the fire.

  • "I can't eat another mouthful, grandpa," said Georgie, still blubbering.

  • But poor Rawson, rocking to and fro, his head between his hands, went on blubbering softly and spoke no word.

  • Joe made no other response than a blubbering sound, while the tears ran down and dropped briskly from his chin.