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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I like drizzle truxton voice. Gently, in my ear mumbling about it.
  我喜欢细雨如织的声音。轻轻地，在我耳边喃喃倾诉。
• "Stop mumbling, for goodness sake."
  “看在老天爷面上，别再咕哝了。”
• 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。
• No wonder our bus driver is mumbling to himself.
  难怪我们的公车司机一直喃喃自语。
• 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。
• 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。