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

• 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。
• 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。
• She was staring into the fire muttering.
  她目不转睛地盯着火苗，小声咕哝着。
• William went away muttering to himself.
  威廉喃喃自语着走开了。
• 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。
• 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。
• People began muttering about the unfair way he was being treated.
  人们开始抱怨他受到的不公正对待。
• An angry muttering ran through the crowd.
  人群中发出了愤怒的咕噜声。
• 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。
• 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。