mumble

B2 大学 FREQ #24088 ★☆☆☆☆

n. 喃喃而语, 咕哝 v. 喃喃而语, 咕哝

发音

US /ˈmʌmbəl/

词形变化

mumbler mumbles 复数 mumbles mumbled mumbles 三单 mumblest mumbleth mumbling mumbling 现在分词 mumbled 过去式 mumbled 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

含糊的话；咕噜

动词

含糊地说；抿着嘴嚼

动词

含糊地说话

释义与例句

n. B2
  1. 1.

    A quiet or unintelligible vocalization; a low tone of voice.

    低语

    All I could hear was a mumble from the next room.

    He spoke in a barely comprehensible mumble.

v. B2
  1. 1.

    To speak unintelligibly or inaudibly; to fail to articulate.

    咕哝

    不及物 及物

    Please try not to mumble so I can hear you better.

  2. 2.

    To chew something gently with closed lips.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

vocalization utterance
动词

同义词 4

gum mutter maunder mussitate

上位词 10

talk speak mouth chew jaw utter verbalize manducate masticate verbalise

相关短语

mumble rap

词源

From Middle English momelen, a frequentative of mum (sense 3) (“silent”). Compare German mümmeln, Middle Dutch mommelen and Dutch mompelen. Perhaps related to Norwegian Nynorsk mumpa (“to gum, to chew without teeth”).

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