| 词汇 | muttering |
| 释义 | muttering noun[ C or U ] uk /ˈmʌt.ər.ɪŋ/ us /ˈmʌt̬.ɚ.ɪŋ/ the sound of one or more people talking quietly, or the things that they say, often when they are worried or complaining about something: She barely listened to his muttering. A stunned silence greeted this announcement, but was soon replaced by puzzled mutterings. the act of complaining about something but only to a few people: The mutterings of discontent started among the senior players. The company has responded to muttering about lack of direction with a plan to invest in Europe and China. The leader may struggle to be heard against the increasingly angry mutterings of the middle classes. Ways of talking atonally beg the questionidiom blah blither come out coo pipe up prate spluttery stammer stiltedly sweet nothings talk nonsenseidiom talk through your hatidiom tattle telegrammatic turn of phrase undertone wax witter You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Complaining muttering adjective uk /ˈmʌt.ər.ɪŋ/ us /ˈmʌt̬.ɚ.ɪŋ/ talking quietly, especially when worried or complaining about something: At the first sign of danger we turn into muttering cowards. A muttering crew of new recruits waited to enter the training room. complaining: Dad, who was once a sunny optimist, has turned into a muttering cynic. Ways of talking atonally beg the questionidiom blah blither come out coo pipe up prate spluttery stammer stiltedly sweet nothings talk nonsenseidiom talk through your hatidiom tattle telegrammatic turn of phrase undertone wax witter You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Complaining Examples of mutteringmuttering In these admonitions and allusions, this muttering which is incomprehensible to the uninitiated, there is a note of truth. The mutterings of the storm that is coming are very audible. Any verbalization by the child which did not contain one of these social markers, including inaudible muttering and silent verbal lip movements, was taken as evidence of private speech. It is no use his muttering from a sedentary or from a vertical position that we are going to close the hospital. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is because the answer is the opposite to what he is muttering. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not a bit of good sitting there and muttering. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He is not willing to get to his feet, and is muttering from a sedentary position. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If he came occasionally, he might know what he was talking about instead of just sitting there muttering. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have a much bigger voice than muttering. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Mutterings of vested interests and power-politics are being bandied about. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They imagine that, by sitting on their bottoms on the benches and muttering, they will escape. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not one of those people who were born muttering, "single transferable vote". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Certainly exporters are not so much muttering as shouting discontent about this issue. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is only because the proposal under the order is so extraordinary, so deplorable, that there are now dark mutterings about gerrymandering. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Perhaps he would care to listen to me, instead of muttering under his breath. 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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