| 词汇 | mumbled |
| 释义 | mumbled past simple and past participle ofmumble mumble verb[ I or T ] uk /ˈmʌm.bəl/ us /ˈmʌm.bəl/ B2 to speak quietly and in a way that is not clear so that the words are difficult to understand: 含糊地说，咕哝 She mumbled something about being too busy.她嘟囔着说太忙了。 [ + speech ]"I'm sorry," he mumbled.“我很抱歉，”他咕哝道。 to talk to someone talkA group of men were talking in the street. speakCould I speak to you privately? sayI couldn't hear what they were saying. chatWe were just chatting about the party. have a chatWe had a little chat over the garden wall. chatterThey spent the morning chattering away. Ways of talking atonally beg the questionidiom blah blither chirp come out coo prate spluttery stammer stiltedly sweet nothings talk nonsenseidiom talk through your hatidiom tattle telegrammatic throw your voiceidiom trash turn of phrase witter Examples of mumbledmumbled In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. This method of responding was chosen because prior work in the lab suggested that adult participants often mumbled in speech repetition tasks, making them difficult to comprehend. She mumbled something, repeated it, and the warden gathered that she was looking for her teeth which she thought she had left under the pillow. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If he did, he must have done so in an extraordinarily mumbled way. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The issue of pay-when-paid is fairly important, but is not very clearly understood owing to the fact that many mumbled words have been uttered. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When pressed, he mumbled something about social security assistance. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I mumbled some unconvincing explanation and went on my way. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My officials mumbled the phrase that it was covered by the rate support grant. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He mumbled about some sort of community project, so that the joyriders could channel their energies into other things. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He mumbled and mumbled and was hardly articulate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All the "stop-go" phrases which were never going to be used were mumbled out. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We had the room for one hour, and they mumbled on and on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The word "evacuation" is now accepted and mumbled out on all sorts of occasions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He has mumbled, waffled, sidestepped and made comments that are difficult to reconcile with facts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At the inquest the officer said that he asked the driver to goon with the train, and that the driver mumbled something which he could not understand. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I went to another meeting upstairs, and a number of people mumbled almost incoherently some explanations that nobody at the back of the room could hear. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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