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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

      双语例句

      • Marcus stood up, muttering incoherently.
        马库斯站了起来,前言不搭后语地嘟哝着。
      • William went away muttering to himself.
        威廉喃喃自语着走开了。
      • 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。
      • 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。
      • Han Jia, what are you muttering?
        韩佳,你在念叨什么呢?
      • He turned and went upstairs, muttering to himself.
        他转身上楼,一边还叽叽咕咕的。
      • 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。
      • 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。
      • He was quite annoyed, and went off muttering threats under his breath.
        他很恼怒,低声咕哝着威胁的话走掉了。
      • She was muttering threats against her neighbour's noisy dog.
        她咕哝着吓唬她邻居那条吵闹的狗。