mumble
英['m?mb(?)l]
美['m?mbl]
- vt. 含糊地說；抿著嘴嚼
- vi. 含糊地說話
- n. 含糊的話；咕嚕
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?mumbles;過去式:?mumbled;過去分詞:?mumbled;現在分詞:?mumbling;
中文詞源
mumble 嘟噥
來自mum,嘟噥聲，使閉嘴，-le,表反復。插入字母b,比較number,numberous.
英文詞源
- 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.).
雙語例句
- 1. "Well," he conceded, "I do sometimes mumble a bit."
- “嗯，”他承認道，“我有時候說話的確有點吐字不清。”
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He could hear the low mumble of Navarro's voice.
- 他能聽到納瓦羅在小聲咕噥。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. For goodness'sakes, Lucy Marian, speak up! I can't abide children who mumble.
- 乖乖! 露西?瑪麗安, 講大聲一點! 我最討厭小孩子說話咕咕噥噥的.
來自辭典例句
- 4. I wish you wouldn't mumble I can't hear you clearly.
- 我希望你說話不要含含糊糊-我聽不清你在講什么.
來自辭典例句
- 5. The two small primary schools have amalgamated because both the small mumble.
- 兩所學校由于學生人數少,合并了.
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