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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Do you think that people are always mumbling?
  你是否觉得人们总是含糊不清地说话？
• 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。
• He was giving a speech, yet he was mumbling away to himself.
  他在发言，可却是在喃喃自语。
• 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。
• What's with all that mumbling?
  你半夜三更嘟哝什么呢？
• 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！
• 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。