muttering

柯林斯詞典

1. V-T/V-I If you mutter, you speak very quietly so that you cannot easily be heard, often because you are complaining about something. 輕聲說(shuō)話; 小聲抱怨
"God knows," she muttered, "what's happening in that madman's mind."
“天知道，”她低聲抱怨，“那個(gè)瘋子腦子裡正在想什麼。”
She can hear the old woman muttering about consideration. 她能聽見這老婦人低聲說(shuō)要考慮考慮。
2. N-COUNT Mutter is also a noun. 輕聲低語(yǔ); 小聲抱怨
They make no more than a mutter of protest. 他們不過(guò)是小聲抗議了一下。
3. mutteringN-VAR 喃喃細(xì)語(yǔ)
He heard muttering from the front of the crowd. 他聽到人群前麪傳來(lái)喃喃低語(yǔ)。