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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• What's with all that mumbling?
  你半夜三更嘟哝什么呢？
• 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。
• No wonder our bus driver is mumbling to himself.
  难怪我们的公车司机一直喃喃自语。
• Do you think that people are always mumbling?
  你是否觉得人们总是含糊不清地说话？
• 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。
• Bump into mumbling she bumped into the furniture and kept mumbling about the guests.
  她撞到了家具上，嘴里还不断咕咕哝哝议论客人。
• And to think these guys were mumbling about the anti-terrorist legislation as being violative of the constitution.
  然后再想想这些人却一直在絮絮叨叨将反恐立法是违宪，哈哈哈。