mutter
verb /ˈmʌtə(r)/
/ˈmʌtər/
动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they mutter | /ˈmʌtə(r)/ /ˈmʌtər/ |
| he / she / it mutters | /ˈmʌtəz/ /ˈmʌtərz/ |
| past simple muttered | /ˈmʌtəd/ /ˈmʌtərd/ |
| past participle muttered | /ˈmʌtəd/ /ˈmʌtərd/ |
| -ing form muttering | /ˈmʌtərɪŋ/ /ˈmʌtərɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] to speak or say something in a quiet voice that is difficult to hear, especially because you are annoyed about something
嘀咕；嘟囔 - + speech ‘How dare she,’ he muttered under his breath.
他轻声嘀咕道：“她怎么敢。” - mutter (something) (to somebody/yourself) (about something) 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。 - mutter that… He muttered that he was sorry.
他轻声嘀咕了一声对不起。
- ‘I don't need a drink, ’ she muttered through clenched teeth.
她咬牙嘟囔了一句：“我不喝。” - He was muttering incoherently to himself.
他语无伦次地喃喃自语。 - Helen began muttering darkly about hospitals.
海伦开始气呼呼地讲起医院。 - She heard him mutter an oath under his breath.
她听见他低声诅咒。 - She muttered something about the incompetence of the office staff.
她低声抱怨办公人员的无能。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- gruffly
- harshly
- hoarsely
- …
- be heard to
- hear somebody
- about
- to
- + speech ‘How dare she,’ he muttered under his breath.
- [intransitive, transitive] to complain about something, without saying publicly what you think
（私下）抱怨，发牢骚 - mutter (about something) Workers continued to mutter about the management.
工人私下对资方还是有怨言。 - mutter that… A number of non-British visitors were heard to mutter that it would not have happened in Frankfurt.
有人听到很多非英国籍的参观者咕哝说在法兰克福就不会发生这种事。
- mutter (about something) Workers continued to mutter about the management.
词源late Middle English: imitative; compare with German dialect muttern.