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

• 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。
• Are you muttering threat at me?
  你是在咕咕哝哝地对我说威胁话吗？
• 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。
• He was muttering things she did not hear, his lips were evoking feelings never felt before.
  他的嘴里嘀嘀咕咕，但她没有听见，因为他的嘴唇正唤起她以前从没有过的感情。
• She was staring into the fire muttering.
  她目不转睛地盯着火苗，小声咕哝着。
• Marcus stood up, muttering incoherently.
  马库斯站了起来，前言不搭后语地嘟哝着。
• He left, muttering obscenities.
  他嘟哝着一些不干不净的话走了。
• 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。
• 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。