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

• No wonder our bus driver is mumbling to himself.
  难怪我们的公车司机一直喃喃自语。
• 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？
• 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 are you mumbling about? I can't understand a word!
  你叽里咕噜说什麽呀？我一句也听不懂！
• 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。
• She poured this brew down Xiangzi's throat and he did indeed open his eyes, but soon he fell asleep again, mumbling incoherently.
  给他灌下去，他的确睁开眼看了看，可是待了一会儿又睡着了，嘴里唧唧咕咕的不晓得说了些什么。
• 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。
• But I heard mumbling from the other end.
  但我听到另一端在断断续续的声音。
• 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？