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jabberwocky

/jab-er-wok-ee/US // ˈdʒæb ərˌwɒk i //UK // (ˈdʒæbəˌwɒkɪ) //

叽叽喳喳,叽哩咕噜,叽里咕噜

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural Jab·ber·wock·ies.

    • : a playful imitation of language consisting of invented, meaningless words; nonsense; gibberish.
    • : an example of writing or speech consisting of or containing meaningless words.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : consisting of or comparable to Jabberwocky; meaningless; senseless.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Lewis Carroll really did introduce the word “chortle” to the English language in his 1871 poem Jabberwocky.

  • After that some Indians came on the scene of action, fierce red men of the forest, and their language was decidedly Jabberwocky.

  • I heard somebody say "Sh," but she started in her toothless Jabberwocky.

  • A setting of Lewis Carroll's immortal "Jabberwocky" shows much rich humor of the college glee-club sort.

  • Along his line of work he took his “vorpal” sword in hand and severed all the knots and twists of the mathematical Jabberwocky.