muttering

英 [ˈmʌtərɪŋ]

美 [ˈmʌtərɪŋ]

n.  (私下的)抱怨，牢骚; 喃喃自语
v.  嘀咕; 嘟囔; (私下)抱怨，发牢骚
mutter的现在分词

复数：mutterings　现在分词：muttering　

医学

BNC.21267 / COCA.26638

牛津词典

noun

• （私下的）抱怨，牢骚
  complaints that you express privately rather than openly
  1. There have been mutterings about his leadership.
     底下对他的领导一直怨声不断。
• 喃喃自语
  words that you speak very quietly to yourself

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:grumblegrumblingmurmurmurmuringmutter
• a low continuous indistinct sound
  Synonym:muttermurmurmurmuringmurmurationmussitation

双语例句

• That evening he drank heavily, abandoning all restraint, muttering curses at those young fellows.
  这晚他没命地喝了许多酒，嘴里嘶嘶地骂着那些小伙子。
• We pushed through the crowd, muttering occasional'scuses'and'pardons '.
  我们挤进人群，偶尔说声“劳驾”和“对不起”。
• He was pacing back and forth muttering to himself.
  他走过来又走过去，在对自己嘟哝。
• He left, muttering obscenities.
  他嘟哝着一些不干不净的话走了。
• She was staring into the fire muttering.
  她目不转睛地盯着火苗，小声咕哝着。
• Meanwhile Turkey's security chiefs were muttering darkly about punishing Greece for abetting Kurdish terrorists.
  同时，土耳其的安全官们也私下暗算，要让煽动库尔德恐怖分子的希腊付出代价。
• And then before I know it, I've updated my local working copy from a broken repository trunk or innocently gone home and left the rest of the team muttering.
  然后，在知道消息之前，我已经从有问题的储存库中更新了本地副本，或者直接回家了，让团队中的其他人直抱怨。
• 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。
• Butler stood still instinctively while the door was made fast, and then looking at his watch, walked briskly up the street, muttering to himself almost unconsciously.
  这当儿，巴特勒本能地静静站着，等门关紧，然后看了看表，猝然沿街走去，几乎不自觉地喃喃自语。
• For some time people had been muttering about the way she ran the department.
  人们对她的管理方式私下抱怨已有时日。