[VERB 动词]轻声说话;小声抱怨 If you mutter, you speak very quietly so that you cannot easily be heard, often because you are complaining about something.
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'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。”
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。
He sat there shaking his head, muttering to himself...
他坐在那儿摇着头,小声地自言自语。
She was staring into the fire muttering.
她目不转睛地盯着火苗,小声咕哝着。
Mutter is also a noun.
They make no more than a mutter of protest.
他们只不过是低声抗议了一下。
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He heard muttering from the front of the crowd...
他听到人群前面有人在小声嘀咕什么。
He will lead the party into the election, in spite of the mutterings about his leadership.
尽管人们对他的领导颇有微词,他仍将领导其政党参加选举。
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mut·ter/ˈmʌtə(r); NAmEˈmʌtər/
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muttermuttersmutteredmutteringverb1[transitive , intransitive ]to speak or say sth in a quiet voice that is difficult to hear, especially because you are annoyed about sth 嘀咕;嘟囔+ speech◆‘How dare she,’ he muttered under his breath.他轻声嘀咕道:“她怎么敢。”mutter(sth) (to sb/yourself) (about sth) ◆She just sat there muttering to herself.她坐在那儿独自唧唧咕咕的。◆I muttered something about needing to get back to work.我嘀咕着说要接着干活了。mutterthat… ◆He muttered that he was sorry.他轻声嘀咕了一声对不起。2[intransitive , transitive ]mutter(about sth) |mutterthat… to complain about sth, without saying publicly what you think (私下)抱怨,发牢骚SYN
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◆Workers continued to mutter about the management.工人私下对资方还是有怨言。noun[usually singular ]a quiet sound or words that are difficult to hear 嘀咕;嘟哝;低语声◆the soft mutter of voices柔和的低语声mut·ter/ˈmʌtə(r); NAmEˈmʌtər/
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muttermut‧ter /ˈmʌtə $ -ər/ ●●○ verb
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1[intransitive, transitive] to speak in a low voice, especially because you are annoyed about something, or you do not want people to hear youmutter to yourself ‘I never want to come here again,’ he muttered to himself. Elsie muttered something I couldn’t catch and walked off. ‘He’s such an unpleasant man,’ Alyssia muttered under her breath.mutter about What are you two muttering about?► see thesaurus at
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2[intransitive] to complain about something or express doubts about it, but without saying clearly and openly what you thinkmutter about Some senators muttered darkly about the threat to national security.—mutter noun [singular]: His voice subsided to a mutter.—muttering noun [countable, uncountable]: The mutterings about his leadership continued to grow.
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