muttering

柯林斯詞典

mutter /?m?t?/ (muttering,muttered,mutters)

• 1. V-T/V-I If you mutter, you speak very quietly so that you cannot easily be heard, often because you are complaining about something. 輕聲說話; 小聲抱怨

  "God knows," she muttered, "what's happening in that madman's mind."

  “天知道，”她低聲抱怨，“那個瘋子腦子里正在想什么。”

  She can hear the old woman muttering about consideration. 她能聽見這老婦人低聲說要考慮考慮。

• 2. N-COUNT Mutter is also a noun. 輕聲低語; 小聲抱怨

  They make no more than a mutter of protest. 他們不過是小聲抗議了一下。

• 3. mutteringN-VAR 喃喃細語

  He heard muttering from the front of the crowd. 他聽到人群前面?zhèn)鱽磬驼Z。

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