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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• It was embarrassing and sad to see this man reduced to a mumbling wreck.
  看见这个人变得口齿不清、弱不禁风，真是让人既难堪又悲哀。
• He walked down the line shaking hands with each and mumbling a few words that were inaudible.
  他走过列队，与人们一一握手，嘴里咕哝着几句什么话，谁也听不清。
• 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。
• He was mumbling to himself unintelligibly.
  他嘴里嘟嘟囔囔的，也不知道在说什么。
• "Stop mumbling, for goodness sake."
  “看在老天爷面上，别再咕哝了。”
• Do you think that people are always mumbling?
  你是否觉得人们总是含糊不清地说话？
• What's with all that mumbling?
  你半夜三更嘟哝什么呢？