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

• 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。
• Or that incomprehensible Cohen mumbling.
  或者是不能理解的咕噜。
• What's with all that mumbling?
  你半夜三更嘟哝什么呢？
• 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。
• She was mumbling away about her rotten old sugar.
  她正嘟哝着抱怨她那走味的陈年食糖。
• 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。
• But I heard mumbling from the other end.
  但我听到另一端在断断续续的声音。
• 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。
• 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。