| 词汇 | mumbling |
| 释义 | mumbling present 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 mumblingmumbling In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. A lot of the producers would be mumbling amongst themselves, trying to find a solution to a problem. Some communication difficulties were attributed to the conversational partner mumbling their words or not being able to communicate with a person who has a sensory loss. It is regarded as an impertinence to suggest that he cannot be heard from the back row because he is mumbling into his notes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One little child of four recited with a diction which some of us might envy when mumbling our speeches. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One of them was waving an indecipherable piece of paper at him while at the same time mumbling all sorts of incomprehensible phrases. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We can hear them mumbling because it is getting through to them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He has been mumbling away since the debate commenced. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He is mumbling and speaking too fast because he does not want us to hear what he is saying. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are on their bottoms, mumbling, but they are not standing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am glad that he has now stopped mumbling. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My beliefs are reinforced by the mumblings and manifestations taking place all over the country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I, for my part, obviously voted against these attempts, but there are still mumblings about our still having a long way to go. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English It is a generation impatient of the mumblings and bumblings and fumblings of what has too often passed for statesmanship. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I shall happily give way if he wishes to intervene so that he may stop mumbling. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I must have been mumbling more incoherently than usual. 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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