muttered

英 [ˈmʌtəd]

美 [ˈmʌtərd]

v.  嘀咕; 嘟囔; (私下)抱怨，发牢骚
mutter的过去分词和过去式

过去式：muttered　

BNC.27407 / COCA.30813

柯林斯词典

• VERB 轻声说话;小声抱怨
  If youmutter, you speak very quietly so that you cannot easily be heard, often because you are complaining about something.
  1. 'God knows what's happening in that madman's mind,' she muttered...
     她咕哝着：“天知道那个疯子在想什么。”
  2. She can hear the old woman muttering about consideration...
     她能听到那个老妇人小声咕哝说考虑考虑。
  3. He sat there shaking his head, muttering to himself...
     他坐在那儿摇着头，小声地自言自语。
  4. She was staring into the fire muttering.
     她目不转睛地盯着火苗，小声咕哝着。
  5. Mutteris also a noun.
     
  6. They make no more than a mutter of protest.
     他们只不过是低声抗议了一下。

双语例句

• 'Ah, my ghostly Catherine,' I muttered quietly to myself.
  啊，我的鬼魂凯瑟琳，我喃喃地自语道。
• "The man's a fool!" muttered Miss Ley to herself, but quite audibly.
  “这人是个傻瓜！”莱伊小姐喃喃地自言自语，但她的话都能听得见。
• 'We're not blaming you,' Kate said. 'Speak for yourself,' Boris muttered.
  “我们没有怪你，”凯特说。“也就是你这么想，”鲍里斯嘟囔道。
• I don't hold it against you," I muttered. "I understand how it is.
  “我并不是跟你过不去，我明白你的意思。”我喃喃道。
• Walsh muttered something under his breath.
  沃尔什小声嘟囔了一句。
• I am afraid, Nelly, I shall lose my labour, he muttered to me.
  耐莉，恐怕我要白费劲了，他小声对我说。
• He muttered something I didn't understand.
  他咕哝了几句，我没听清楚。
• "Chattering daws," Martin muttered under his breath, and went on talking with Ruth and Arthur.
  “乌鸦嘴。”马丁低声说了一句，又和露丝与亚瑟谈话往了。
• 'God knows what's happening in that madman's mind,' she muttered
  她咕哝着：“天知道那个疯子在想什么。”
• "A rare case," he muttered.
  “一种罕见的病例！”他喃喃地说。