英 [ˈmʌtə(r)] 美 [ˈmʌtər]
v. 嘀咕，嘟囔；（私下）抱怨，发牢骚
n. 嘀咕，嘟囔；私下抱怨
【名】 （Mutter）（英）马特，（法）米泰，（德、匈、西）穆特（人名）
复数mutters
第三人称单数mutters
现在分词muttering
过去式muttered
过去分词muttered
mutter /ˈmʌtə/ CET6 TEM4 [ muttering muttered mutters ]
及物动词/不及物动词 If you mutter, you speak very quietly so that you cannot easily be heard, often because you are complaining about something. 轻声说话; 小声抱怨
"God knows," she muttered, "what's happening in that madman's mind."
“天知道，”她低声抱怨，“那个疯子脑子里正在想什么。”
She can hear the old woman muttering about consideration.
她能听见这老妇人低声说要考虑考虑。
可数名词 Mutter is also a noun. 轻声低语; 小声抱怨
They make no more than a mutter of protest.
他们不过是小声抗议了一下。
有变体名词 喃喃细语
He heard muttering from the front of the crowd.
他听到人群前面传来喃喃低语。
a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech
同义词： muttering / murmur / murmuring / murmuration / mussitation
弱元音；低语元音 [亦作murmur vowel]
(心脏等的)杂音 [亦作heart murmur]
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【老照片】Senzetti先生回到以色列后曾接受以色列媒体的采访，在采访中他喃喃自语(Muttering)：“我一生中最灿烂的时光便是在上海，上海是独一无二的，五光十色的，我仿佛能看到她缤纷的色彩，闻到她的丰富的气味……
"Excuse me," I mutter, "I have to get this sham over with."
“对不起。”我喃喃地说，“我得把这个假动作做完。”
John would rub his eyes and mutter, "It is true, we did fly."
约翰揉了揉眼睛，喃喃自语道：“这是真的，我们真的飞了。”
The old man, still pacing back and forth, ceased to speak aloud, and began to mutter.
老人仍在来回踱步，不再大声说话，开始喃喃自语起来。
If I look at the Cartesian, oh, I did have the Cartesian form, don't mind me while I mutter to myself here quietly.
如果我来看看这个笛卡尔，哦，我还没有笛卡尔形式，当我自言自语的时候,请大家别介意。
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Many medical ethicists, moreover, mutter that allowing commerce to enter the transplant arena is immoral.
Some rating agencies mutter that Belgium's debt could be downgraded if the deadlock is not resolved.
But foes mutter that the state-level GDP statistics are assembled locally and of doubtful accuracy.