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

• 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。
• What's with all that mumbling?
  你半夜三更嘟哝什么呢？
• 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。
• Do you think that people are always mumbling?
  你是否觉得人们总是含糊不清地说话？
• 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？
• 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。
• I like drizzle truxton voice. Gently, in my ear mumbling about it.
  我喜欢细雨如织的声音。轻轻地，在我耳边喃喃倾诉。
• 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。
• No wonder our bus driver is mumbling to himself.
  难怪我们的公车司机一直喃喃自语。
• It's that person sitting in the corner nursing a salty camera and mumbling about'O'rings to anyone that comes within earshot.
  这些人会坐在角落拿着个含有盐分的照相机然后对别人喃喃自语道，这都是O型圈惹的祸。