mussitate

[网络] 麻烦

发音

UK /ˈmʌsɪteɪt/
其它
US /ˈmʌsɪˌteɪt/

词形变化

mussitated mussitates 三单 mussitates mussitating mussitating 现在分词 mussitated 过去式 mussitated 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To say (words, etc.) indistinctly; to mutter.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To talk indistinctly; to mutter.

    不及物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 3

mumble mutter maunder

上位词 6

talk speak mouth utter verbalize verbalise

词源

From Latin mussitō (“to keep quiet; to murmur, mutter”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix), from mussō (“to be silent and respectful; to say in a soft voice, murmur”) (perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *mur- (“to murmur”), originally imitative) + -itō (frequentative suffix).

来源：wiktionary