mutter
v
1 [I, Ipr, Tn, Tn.pr, Tf, Dn.pr]
~ (sth) (to sb) (about sth) speak or say (sth) in a low voice that is hard to hear 低语; 咕哝(某事)
Don't mutter! I can't hear you. 别叽叽咕咕的! 我听不见.
Sarah was muttering away to herself as she did the washing-up. 萨拉一边洗碗碟一边独自咕哝个没完.
He muttered something (to the salesgirl) (about losing his wallet). 他低声(向女售货员)述说著(他的钱包丢了).
2 [I, Ipr] ~ (about/against/at sb/sth) complain or grumble privately or in a way that is not openly expressed (私下)埋怨, 发牢骚, 讲怪话
For some time people had been muttering about the way she ran the department. 人们对她的管理方式私下抱怨已有时日.
3 [I] (of thunder) be heard distantly; rumble (指雷)自远处发低沉声, 隆隆作响. mutter, n (usu sing 通常作单数) indistinct utterance or sound 含糊低语声; 含混不清的声音.
🎯 考研助记
骂他(谐音): 嘀咕骂他 网友:yqy 补充:“妈的”-小声而含糊不清地抱怨
🔁 扩展释义
*['mʌtә]n. 喃喃低语vi. 喃喃自语, 作低沉声vt. 出怨言, 抱怨地说相关词组: mutter to oneself mutter against sb
Let me see this agreement, this promise of Antonio to you.
让我看一看借约,就是安东尼奥向你许下的诺言。
Thus they lay on hard wooden boards, unable to stand up or move around.
这样,他们就躺在硬木板上,既不能站立起来,也不能活动。
Twelve days later, millions more Indians lined the railway tracks as a slow train took the jar containing his ashes 584 kilometres to a place by the river.