mutter
英['m?t?]
美['m?t?]
- vi. 咕噥；喃喃自語
- vt. 咕噥；抱怨地說；低聲含糊地說
- n. 咕噥；喃喃低語
- n. (Mutter)人名；(法)米泰；(德、匈、西)穆特；(英)馬特
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?mutters;過去式:?muttered;過去分詞:?muttered;現在分詞:?muttering;
中文詞源
mutter 嘟噥，嘀咕
擬聲詞，模仿嘀咕的聲音，-er,表反復。
英文詞源
- mutter (v.)
- early 14c., moteren "to mumble," from a common PIE imitative *mut- "to grunt, mutter" (cognates: Old Norse muela "to murmur," Latin muttire "to mutter," Old High German mutilon "to murmur, mutter; to drizzle"), with frequentative suffix -er. Related: Muttered; muttering.
- mutter (n.)
- 1630s, from mutter (v.).
雙語例句
- 1. They make no more than a mutter of protest.
- 他們只不過是低聲抗議了一下。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. They shake their heads and mutter darkly.
- 他們一邊搖頭，一邊陰沉地小聲嘀咕。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. I heard a mutter of discontent.
- 我聽到有人小聲咕噥著表示不滿.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. Don't mutter when they are studying.
- 當他們學習時不要輕聲低語.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. He spoke in a mutter.
- 他嘀嘀咕咕輕聲說話.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》