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

• 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！
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Do you think that people are always mumbling?
  你是否觉得人们总是含糊不清地说话？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。