mumbling是什么意思？

mumbling

英['mʌmblɪŋ] 美['mʌmblɪŋ]

• v. 含糊地说某事，叽咕，咕哝( mumble的现在分词 )；

例句

• I could hear him mumbling to himself. 我听到他在喃喃自语。
• As he went along, he kept mumbling inconsequent phrases. 他一边走着, 嘴里一边咕噜着一些不相连贯的话.
• He collapsed on the floor, mumbling incoherently. 他突然跌倒在地，语无伦次地咕哝着。
• DD was mumbling other things about BB when he heard a roar. DD正嘟嘟哝哝地说着其他关于BB的事情,突然,他听到一声吼叫.
• It was embarrassing and sad to see this man reduced to a mumbling wreck. 看见这个人变得口齿不清、弱不禁风，真是让人既难堪又悲哀。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  咕哝;含糊地说
  If you mumble, you speak very quietly and not at all clearly with the result that the words are difficult to understand.
  例句
  Her grandmother mumbled in her sleep... 她祖母含混不清地说着梦话。 He mumbled a few words... 他小声咕哝了一句。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. indistinct enunciation
  2. ineffectual chewing (as if without teeth)
• Adjective
  1. speaking low and indistinctly;
  "a mumbling parson stood beside the dying man""muttering crowds of onlookers"