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Mutter V Mʌtə V.咕哝,嘀咕 英 咕哝,嘀咕 Speak Low

单词 mutter
音标 ['mʌtə]
解释 v.咕哝,嘀咕
红宝书 【英】 v. 咕哝,嘀咕 ( speak in a low voice)
【考】 mutter : indistince / drone : monotonous(嘀咕声是不清晰的/ 嗡嗡声是单调的)反义词:speak distinctly(清楚地说 )
【例】 Don't mutter! I can't hear you.
字源 mutter (v.)
early 14c., moteren "to mumble," from a common PIE imitative *mut- "to grunt, mutter" (cognates: Old Norse muðla "to murmur," Latin muttire "to mutter," Old High German mutilon "to murmur, mutter; to drizzle"), with frequentative suffix -er. Related: Muttered; muttering.
mutter (n.)
1630s, from mutter (v.).
不择手段背单词 v. 咕哝(小声而含糊不清地抱怨)
【记】读: (他)妈的-小声而含糊不清地抱怨
【区】mutton(n 羊肉); beef(n 牛肉); pork(n 猪肉); venison(n 鹿肉)
【类】mutter: indistinct = drone: monotonous嘀咕声是不清晰的 = 嗡嗡声是单调的
【反】speak distinctly(清楚地说)
趣味全助记 【记】murmur 低语;m (音:默) + utter 说出

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