mutters

英 [ˈmʌtəz]

美 [ˈmʌtərz]

v.  嘀咕; 嘟囔; (私下)抱怨，发牢骚
mutter的第三人称单数

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

• I don't know what gets into you, he mutters.
  我真不明白是什么鬼把你迷了心窍他叽叽咕咕地说。
• A fatalistic warning, Someone mutters.
  宿命的警讯，某人喃喃低语。
• An employee who shows up late to meetings, sits in the back of the room, and mutters to colleagues is displaying some of the classic signs of passive aggressive behavior.
  开会迟到，还坐在后排跟同事窃窃私语，这都是典型的消极对抗行为。
• Every street lamp seems to beat a fatalistic warning someone mutters and a street lamp gutters and soon it will be morning.
  每盏路灯，似乎都发出宿命的警告。有人开始低语，一盏街灯熄灭了天就要亮了。
• His friendships, his relaxations, his behaviour towards his wife and children, the expression of his face when he is alone, the words he mutters in sleep, even the characteristic movements of his body, are all jealously scrutinized.
  他的友谊、他的休息、他对妻儿态度、他单独的时候的面部表情、他在睡梦中喃喃说的话、甚至他身体特有的动作，都受到严密考察。
• Red saunters to a guard named Tim youngblood, mutters discreetly in his ear.
  瑞德漫步走到一个叫蒂姆。杨伯拉德的守卫跟前，小心的对着他耳语。
• As a crowd gathers things start going badly for the man when a toy town-style mall train drives past, breaking the mood and the embarrassed girl mutters 'Oh my god everyone's watching.'
  当人群聚集起来时，事情开始变得糟糕。一辆商场载人玩具火车经过打破了当时的气氛，那名尴尬的女孩说：天呐，大家都看着呢。
• "Jam," mutters Mr Alange and he settles in for a choking three-hour wait.
  结果是他等待了令人窒息的三个小时。
• Someone mutters, and a street lamp gutters, and soon it will be morning.
  有人喃喃低语，一盏街灯将熄，清晨就快要来临。
• Rain rattles the roof and mutters at the window.
  雨点敲打着屋顶和窗户。