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

• Instead of voicing our real position, we smile, nod, make cheerful mumbling sounds.
  我们不是说出真正的立场，而是微笑、点头、发出一些愉快地含糊不清的话语。
• 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。
• 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。
• What's with all that mumbling?
  你半夜三更嘟哝什么呢？
• 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。
• "Stop mumbling, for goodness sake."
  “看在老天爷面上，别再咕哝了。”
• He was mumbling to himself unintelligibly.
  他嘴里嘟嘟囔囔的，也不知道在说什么。
• It was embarrassing and sad to see this man reduced to a mumbling wreck.
  看见这个人变得口齿不清、弱不禁风，真是让人既难堪又悲哀。
• She was mumbling away about her rotten old sugar.
  她正嘟哝着抱怨她那走味的陈年食糖。
• 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。