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'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。
• Or that incomprehensible Cohen mumbling.
  或者是不能理解的咕噜。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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！
• 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。
• No wonder our bus driver is mumbling to himself.
  难怪我们的公车司机一直喃喃自语。
• Do you think that people are always mumbling?
  你是否觉得人们总是含糊不清地说话？
• 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。