- When you mutter, you mumble under your breath, often in an angry way. You might mutter to yourself as you clean graffiti off your garage, for example.
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- v. 咕哝；喃喃自语
- n. 咕哝；喃喃低语
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1. ‘How dare she,’ he muttered under his breath.
他轻声嘀咕道：“她怎么敢。”
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2. She just sat there muttering to herself.
她坐在那儿独自唧唧咕咕的。
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3. I muttered something about needing to get back to work.
我嘀咕着说要接着干活了。
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4. He muttered that he was sorry.
他轻声嘀咕了一声对不起。
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5. Workers continued to mutter about the management.
工人私下对资方还是有怨言。
- mutter (n.) 1630s, from mutter (v.).
- mutter (v.) early 14c., moteren "to mumble," from a common PIE imitative *mut- "to grunt, mutter" (source also of 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.
mut·ter / ˈmʌtə(r) ; NAmE ˈmʌtər / verb , noun mutter mutters muttered muttering verb 1 [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 grumble ◆ 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) ; NAmE ˈmʌtər /
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