blab

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

blab — 動詞

  • 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

洩密；多嘴

管不住嘴，說出不該說的事

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.

Sumin 在姊姊回家前，就把驚喜派對的事洩密了。

blab + about + secret information

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

Mateo 在午餐時把球隊的旅行計畫洩密給記者。

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.