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

• Digging at his ear and mumbling, Don Bell called his former company an obscene name in a video he posted the day he lost his job.'I was really distraught,'says Mr.
  失业那天，唐•贝尔（DonBell）上传了一个视频，他装作说悄悄话的样子，用一个猥亵的名字称呼他的前雇主。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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！
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。