mutter

B2 CET-6 大学 FREQ #30946 ★★☆☆☆

n. 喃喃低语 vi. 喃喃自语, 作低沉声 vt. 出怨言, 抱怨地说

发音

UK /ˈmʌtə/
其它
CA /ˈmʌtɚ/
US /ˈmʌtɚ/
CA /ˈmʌɾɚ/
US /ˈmʌɾɚ/
AU /ˈmɐtə/
NZ /ˈmɐtə/

词形变化

mutters 复数 muttered mutterest muttereth muttering mutters 三单 mutters muttering 现在分词 muttered 过去式 muttered 过去分词

别名

matar

教材释义与例句

动词

咕哝；喃喃自语

动词

咕哝；抱怨地说；低声含糊地说

释义与例句

n. B2
  1. 1.

    A repressed or obscure utterance; an instance of muttering.

    The prisoners were docile, and accepted their lot with barely a mutter.

  2. 1.

    Peas.

v. B2
  1. 1.

    To utter words, especially complaints or angry expressions, indistinctly or with a low voice and lips partly closed; to say under one's breath.

    咕哝

    不及物 及物

    You could hear the students mutter as they were served sodden spaghetti, yet again, in the cafeteria.

    The beggar muttered words of thanks, as passersby dropped coins in his cup.

  2. 2.

    To speak softly and incoherently, or with imperfect articulations.

    The asylum inmate muttered some doggerel about chains and pains to himself, over and over.

  3. 3.

    To make a sound with a low, rumbling noise.

    April could hear the delivery van's engine muttering in the driveway.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 7

murmuring muttering grumbling murmur grumble murmuration mussitation

上位词 2

sound complaint
动词

同义词 7

murmur croak mumble grumble gnarl maunder mussitate

上位词 10

talk speak mouth kick plain complain utter verbalize kvetch quetch

相关短语

mutter paneer

词源

From Middle English muteren, moteren, of imitative origin. Compare Low German mustern, musseln (“to whisper”), German muttern (“to mutter; whisper”), Old Norse muðla (“to murmur”). Compare also Latin muttīre, mutīre.

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