mumbling

英 [ˈmʌmblɪŋ]

美 [ˈmʌmblɪŋ]

v.  嘟哝; 口齿不清地说
mumble的现在分词

复数：mumblings　

COCA.45116

柯林斯词典

• VERB 咕哝;含糊地说
  If youmumble, you speak very quietly and not at all clearly with the result that the words are difficult to understand.
  1. Her grandmother mumbled in her sleep...
     她祖母含混不清地说着梦话。
  2. He mumbled a few words...
     他小声咕哝了一句。
  3. 'Today of all days,' she mumbled.
     她低声咕哝了一句：“为什么偏偏是今天。”
  4. Mumbleis also a noun.
     
  5. He could hear the low mumble of Navarro's voice.
     他能听到纳瓦罗在小声咕哝。

英英释义

noun

• ineffectual chewing (as if without teeth)
  Synonym:gumming
• indistinct enunciation

双语例句

• Bump into mumbling she bumped into the furniture and kept mumbling about the guests.
  她撞到了家具上，嘴里还不断咕咕哝哝议论客人。
• Seconds later I heard her mumbling off the phone, and then I heard everyone in the office howling with laughter.
  几秒钟后，我听到她拿开了话筒，在一旁嘀嘀咕咕的，接着办公室里的每个人都在狂笑。
• I couldn't hear what she said because she was mumbling.
  我听不清她说些什么，因为她声音小而不清楚。
• As he went along, he kept mumbling inconsequent phrases.
  他一边走着，嘴里一边咕噜着一些不相连贯的话。
• An old goodman of a priest, who passes along mumbling his prayers?
  杀害一个念着消食经过路的老教士？
• Geithner: Not me. I can't afford it. I still can't unload my house in Westchester. ( Mumbling into his beer) We really have to gin up that mortgage modification program.
  盖特纳：可不包括我。我可负担不起。我甚至仍然无法把在纽约西切斯特的房子卖掉。（一边咕哝着，一边喝酒）我们真的必须制定那个抵押贷款调整计划了。
• DD was mumbling other things about BB when he heard a roar.
  DD正嘟嘟哝哝地说着其他关于BB的事情，突然，他听到一声吼叫。
• And to think these guys were mumbling about the anti-terrorist legislation as being violative of the constitution.
  然后再想想这些人却一直在絮絮叨叨将反恐立法是违宪，哈哈哈。
• Mumbling them around your gums in a mealy-mouthed fashion and hoping they'll go away will get you nowhere.
  在嘴里翻来覆去地咀嚼，希望这些奇怪的东西自己消失，这种做法是没有用的。
• It's fairly straightforward but the lyrics and Lennon's vocal delivery ( particularly his mumbling at the end of the song) express his restlessness and frustration so perfectly.
  这是一首非常直接的歌曲，而且歌词及蓝侬的嗓音（尤其是他在歌曲结尾的喃喃呓语）完美表达出他的疲惫与挫折。