blab

/blæb/ (bre, ipa) · [blˈæb] /blæb/ (ame, ipa) · [blˈæb] /ˈblab/ (ame, mw)

blab — verb

  • blabpresent simple I / you / we / they
  • blabshe / she / it
  • blabbedpast simple
  • blabbing-ing form

1. to talk too freely or too much, especially so that private information gets out.

1.動詞及物 / 不及物B2
釋義

to talk too freely or too much, especially so that private information gets out.

例句

Sumin blabbed about the surprise party before her sister got home.

blab + about + secret information

Mateo blabbed the team's travel plans to a reporter at lunch.

blab + something + to + person

同義詞
  • spill

    informal and close in meaning; often focuses on letting secret information come out

  • tattle

    usually about telling an adult that someone has behaved badly

  • babble

    focuses more on talking too much or too fast, not always on revealing secrets

反義詞

文法句型

blab + about + secret/news

blab + something + to + person

blab + to + person + about + secret

用法筆記

Usually negative. The object is often a secret, a plan, or private news, and speakers often add to or about to show who heard the information.

常見錯誤

❌Mia blabbed the teacher that we skipped class.
✅Mia blabbed to the teacher that we skipped class.
💡when you name the listener, blab normally takes to before the person.
❌Don't blab this everyone.
✅Don't blab this to everyone.
💡add to before the people who hear the secret.