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
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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
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- : 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.
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