(of a message or story )信息或叙述 told in a way that confuses the person listening, usually by somebody who is shocked or in a hurry synonym confused混乱不清的,引起误解的(常因讲述者惊慌或匆忙所致) He gave a garbled account of what had happened. 他对所发生事情的叙述含混不清。 There was a garbled message from her on my voicemail. 我的语音信箱里有她含混不清的留言。
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘sift out, cleanse’): from Anglo-Latin and Italian garbellare, from Arabic ġarbala ‘sift’, perhaps from late Latin cribellare ‘to sieve’, from Latin cribrum ‘sieve’ + -ed.