mumble
英 ['mʌmb(ə)l]
美 ['mʌmbl]
- vt. 含糊地说；抿着嘴嚼
- vi. 含糊地说话
- n. 含糊的话；咕噜
CET6+ TEM8 GRE
mumble 嘟哝来自mum,嘟哝声，使闭嘴，-le,表反复。插入字母b,比较number,numberous.
- mumble
- mumble: see mumps
- mumble (v.)
- early 14c., momelen, "to eat in a slow, ineffective manner" (perhaps "to talk with one's mouth full"), probably frequentative of interjection mum. The -b- is excrescent. Meaning "to speak indistinctly" is from mid-14c. Related: Mumbled; mumbling.
- mumble (n.)
- 1902, from mumble (v.).
- 1. "Well," he conceded, "I do sometimes mumble a bit."
- “嗯，”他承认道，“我有时候说话的确有点吐字不清。”
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. He could hear the low mumble of Navarro's voice.
- 他能听到纳瓦罗在小声咕哝。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. For goodness'sakes, Lucy Marian, speak up! I can't abide children who mumble.
- 乖乖! 露西?玛丽安, 讲大声一点! 我最讨厌小孩子说话咕咕哝哝的.
来自辞典例句
- 4. I wish you wouldn't mumble I can't hear you clearly.
- 我希望你说话不要含含糊糊-我听不清你在讲什么.
来自辞典例句
- 5. The two small primary schools have amalgamated because both the small mumble.
- 两所学校由于学生人数少,合并了.
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