muttered

英 [ˈmʌtəd]

美 [ˈmʌtərd]

v.  嘀咕; 嘟囔; (私下)抱怨，发牢骚
mutter的过去分词和过去式

过去式：muttered　

BNC.27407 / COCA.30813

柯林斯词典

• VERB 轻声说话;小声抱怨
  If youmutter, you speak very quietly so that you cannot easily be heard, often because you are complaining about something.
  1. 'God knows what's happening in that madman's mind,' she muttered...
     她咕哝着：“天知道那个疯子在想什么。”
  2. She can hear the old woman muttering about consideration...
     她能听到那个老妇人小声咕哝说考虑考虑。
  3. He sat there shaking his head, muttering to himself...
     他坐在那儿摇着头，小声地自言自语。
  4. She was staring into the fire muttering.
     她目不转睛地盯着火苗，小声咕哝着。
  5. Mutteris also a noun.
     
  6. They make no more than a mutter of protest.
     他们只不过是低声抗议了一下。

双语例句

• "It's my back," red muttered in embarrassment.
  “我是背上不舒服，”雷德局促不安地咕哝说。
• Walsh muttered something under his breath.
  沃尔什小声嘟囔了一句。
• "A rare case," he muttered.
  “一种罕见的病例！”他喃喃地说。
• 'As usual,' muttered his martyred wife
  “老样子，”他那故作可怜的妻子嘟囔道。
• He muttered something unintelligible
  他嘴里不知咕哝了几句什么。
• He refused her invitation with a muttered excuse.
  他低声咕哝了个理由，回绝了她的邀请。
• He muttered something inaudible.
  他喃喃地，听不清他说什么。
• It will be odd if I thwart myself, he muttered, unconscious that I was behind him.
  “要是我妨碍了我自己，那才古怪哩，”他咕噜着，不知道我在他背后。
• She muttered away in the dream.
  她在梦中咕咕哝哝地低语着。
• 'Ah, my ghostly Catherine,' I muttered quietly to myself.
  啊，我的鬼魂凯瑟琳，我喃喃地自语道。