mumble
英 ['mʌmb(ə)l]
美['mʌmbl]
- vt. 含糊地说；抿着嘴嚼
- vi. 含糊地说话
- n. 含糊的话；咕噜
词态变化
第三人称单数: mumbles;过去式: mumbled;过去分词: mumbled;现在分词: mumbling;
中文词源
mumble 嘟哝
来自mum,嘟哝声，使闭嘴，-le,表反复。插入字母b,比较number,numberous.
英英释意
- 1. talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice
- 2. grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty;
- "the old man had no teeth left and mumbled his food"
英文词源
- mumble
- mumble: see mumps
- mumble (v.)
- early 14c., momelen, "to eat in a slow, ineffective manner" (perhaps "to talk with one's mouth full"), probably frequentative of interjection mum. The -b- is excrescent. Meaning "to speak indistinctly" is from mid-14c. Related: Mumbled; mumbling.
- mumble (n.)
- 1902, from mumble (v.).
实用场景例句
- I could hear him mumbling to himself.
- 我听到他在喃喃自语。
牛津词典
- She mumbled an apology and left.
- 她嘟嘟囔囔地道了歉就走了。
牛津词典
- ‘Sorry, ’ she mumbled.
- 她含含糊糊地说：“对不起。”
牛津词典
- He spoke in a low mumble, as if to himself.
- 他自言自语般地嘟哝着。
牛津词典
- They tried to make sense of her mumblings.
- 他们试图听明白她在嘟哝些什么。
牛津词典
- Her grandmother mumbled in her sleep...
- 她祖母含混不清地说着梦话。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He mumbled a few words...
- 他小声咕哝了一句。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Mumble: They could have eaten you.
- 它们本可以把你给吃了的.
期刊摘选
- Do not mumble your words.
- 别喃喃而言.
期刊摘选
- For goodness'sakes, Lucy Marian, speak up! I can't abide children who mumble.
- 乖乖! 露西?玛丽安, 讲大声一点! 我最讨厌小孩子说话咕咕哝哝的.
辞典例句
- The two small primary schools have amalgamated because both the small mumble.
- 两所学校由于学生人数少,合并了.
期刊摘选
- This causes problems for a little penguin named Mumble.
- 这就引起小企鹅孟堡的麻烦.
期刊摘选
- Specially if they mumble.
- 特别是当嘴里还念着咒时,就更不用说了.
期刊摘选
- The mumble in the mouth: To the local salute that the leading cadre has fought!
- 嘴里念念有词: 向首长战斗过的地方敬礼!
期刊摘选
- Mumble can t sing , but he sure can dance!
- 但它跳舞可是一流的!
期刊摘选
- I must speak clearly and to the point. I must not talk too fast or mumble.
- 只要说话,就该有重点,要说的舒畅,不要说的太快,也不要说的模糊不清.
期刊摘选
- Shave, use good grammar, be at least five minutes early, sit up straight. Don't mumble.
- 刮胡子, 应用好的语法, 早到五分钟, 坐直. 不要咕咕哝哝地说话.
期刊摘选
- Mr Basescu decries communism as criminal, but Bulgarian leaders only mumble.
- 巴塞斯库总统将共产主义比作犯罪, 而对这个问题,保加利亚的领导人却避而不谈.
期刊摘选
- Whenever the subject comes up, officials tend to mumble about uncertainties.
- 无论什么时候有人提起这个问题, 官员们就会支支吾吾,以没有确凿证据为由把话题支开.
期刊摘选
- I heard an incoherent mumble.
- 我听到了不连贯的低语声.
期刊摘选
- If you mumble it looks like you don't know what to say!
- 如果你咕咕哝哝的话别人会以为你不知所云的.
期刊摘选
- Speak clearly and at a moderate pace. Do not shout or mumble.
- 用清晰温和的语调说话. 不要吼叫或喃喃自语.
期刊摘选
- I have heard people who read badly mumble to themselves.
- 我听到那些阅读能力很差的人在小声默读.
期刊摘选
- I must speak and to the point. I must not talk too fast or mumble.
- 只要说话,就该有重点,要说的舒畅,不要说得太快,也不要说的模糊不清.
期刊摘选
- I wish you wouldn't mumble I can't hear you clearly.
- 我希望你说话不要含含糊糊-我听不清你在讲什么.
辞典例句
- But the body began to move, and the face began to mumble something unintelligible.
- 女子的身体开始微微动弹, 并喃喃说着什么.
期刊摘选
- "Well," he conceded, "I do sometimes mumble a bit."
- “嗯，”他承认道，“我有时候说话的确有点吐字不清。”
柯林斯例句
- He could hear the low mumble of Navarro's voice.
- 他能听到纳瓦罗在小声咕哝。
柯林斯例句