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
BNC.21267 / COCA.26638
牛津词典
noun
- (私下的)抱怨,牢骚
complaints that you express privately rather than openly- There have been mutterings about his leadership.
底下对他的领导一直怨声不断。
- There have been mutterings about his leadership.
- 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.- '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。” - 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。 - He sat there shaking his head, muttering to himself...
他坐在那儿摇着头,小声地自言自语。 - She was staring into the fire muttering.
她目不转睛地盯着火苗,小声咕哝着。 - Mutteris also a noun.
- They make no more than a mutter of protest.
他们只不过是低声抗议了一下。
- 'God knows what's happening in that madman's mind,' she muttered...
英英释义
noun
- a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone
- a low continuous indistinct sound
双语例句
- 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。 - William went away muttering to himself.
威廉喃喃自语着走开了。 - He was muttering on the telephone so I asked him to speak more clearly.
他打电话声音很低,因此我让他说得清楚些。 - 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。 - She was staring into the fire muttering.
她目不转睛地盯着火苗,小声咕哝着。 - The cupboard door is stuck and I can't pull it open. Sarah was muttering away to herself as she did the washing-up.
碗橱门粘住了,因此我拉不开它。萨拉一边洗碗碟一边独自咕哝个没完。 - He died muttering the words that were reminiscent of his experience during the pilgrimage.
他死的时候喃喃自语,好像是在回忆他朝圣的经历。 - 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 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。 - 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。