mutter

英 [ˈmʌtə(r)]

美 [ˈmʌtər]

v.  嘀咕; 嘟囔; (私下)抱怨，发牢骚
n.  嘀咕; 嘟哝; 低语声

过去式：muttered　现在分词：muttering　第三人称单数：mutters　过去分词：muttered　复数：mutters　

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Collins.2 / BNC.3481 / COCA.4837

牛津词典

verb

• 嘀咕；嘟囔
  to speak or say sth in a quiet voice that is difficult to hear, especially because you are annoyed about sth
  1. ‘How dare she,’ he muttered under his breath.
     他轻声嘀咕道：“她怎么敢。”
  2. She just sat there muttering to herself.
     她坐在那儿独自唧唧咕咕的。
  3. I muttered something about needing to get back to work.
     我嘀咕着说要接着干活了。
• （私下）抱怨，发牢骚
  to complain about sth, without saying publicly what you think
  1. Workers continued to mutter about the management.
     工人私下对资方还是有怨言。

noun

• 嘀咕；嘟哝；低语声
  a quiet sound or words that are difficult to hear
  1. the soft mutter of voices
     柔和的低语声

柯林斯词典

• VERB 轻声说话;小声抱怨
  If youmutter, you speak very quietly so that you cannot easily be heard, often because you are complaining about something.
  1. 'God knows what's happening in that madman's mind,' she muttered...
     她咕哝着：“天知道那个疯子在想什么。”
  2. She can hear the old woman muttering about consideration...
     她能听到那个老妇人小声咕哝说考虑考虑。
  3. He sat there shaking his head, muttering to himself...
     他坐在那儿摇着头，小声地自言自语。
  4. She was staring into the fire muttering.
     她目不转睛地盯着火苗，小声咕哝着。
  5. Mutteris also a noun.
     
  6. They make no more than a mutter of protest.
     他们只不过是低声抗议了一下。

英英释义

noun

• a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone
  Synonym:grumblegrumblingmurmurmurmuringmuttering
• a low continuous indistinct sound
  Synonym:mutteringmurmurmurmuringmurmurationmussitation

verb

• make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath
  1. she grumbles when she feels overworked
  Synonym:murmurgrumblecroakgnarl
• talk indistinctly
  Synonym:mumblemaundermussitate

双语例句

• He heard near his right ear a low mutter.
  他听到有人在他右耳边低声嘀咕。
• A teenager I know tired of adults asking her all the time what she wanted to be decided at a recent family party to just mutter the words "brain surgeon" to any adult in the room.
  我认识一个十来岁的孩子，大人们总是问她长大了想干什么。她被问烦了便在最近的一次家庭聚会上向屋子里每位大人嘟囔了一句“脑外科医生”。
• A voice was heard to mutter that I was trying to ruin the meeting.
  听见有人在低声议论，说我想破坏这次会议。
• The local tyrants, evil gentry and lawless landlords have been deprived of all right to speak, and none of them dares even mutter dissent.
  土豪劣绅，不法地主，则完全被剥夺了发言权，没有人敢说半个不字。
• He sat there shaking his head, muttering to himself
  他坐在那儿摇着头，小声地自言自语。
• And, through so many and such close teeth, he could mutter well.
  虽然他的牙齿那么多那么密，但是他却能咕哝得清清楚楚。
• Don't mutter; do your own business.
  不要咕哝地抱怨，做你自己的事。
• None of them dares even mutter dissent.
  没有人敢说半个不字。
• Some Maoists mutter grimly about ditching the peace deal that in2006 ended their ten-year insurgency.
  一些毛派分子甚至无情地嚷嚷着要甩开2006年签署的和平协议，不再按照约定结束十年动乱。
• So even as they mutter racist slogans, members of Siberia's Lumpenproletariat benefit from proximity to the dragon.
  因此，这些西伯利亚的“流氓无产者”们在嘟囔著种族口号时，也因为靠近中国龙而从中受益。