mutter
英 ['m?t?]
美['m?t?]
- vi. 咕哝；喃喃自语
- vt. 咕哝；抱怨地说；低声含糊地说
- n. 咕哝；喃喃低语
- n. (Mutter)人名；(法)米泰；(德、匈、西)穆特；(英)马特
GRECET6TEM4CET4IELTS考研中低频词常用词汇
词态变化
第三人称单数:?mutters;过去式:?muttered;过去分词:?muttered;现在分词:?muttering;
中文词源
mutter 嘟哝，嘀咕
拟声词，模仿嘀咕的声音，-er,表反复。
英文词源
- mutter (v.)
- early 14c., moteren "to mumble," from a common PIE imitative *mut- "to grunt, mutter" (cognates: Old Norse muela "to murmur," Latin muttire "to mutter," Old High German mutilon "to murmur, mutter; to drizzle"), with frequentative suffix -er. Related: Muttered; muttering.
- mutter (n.)
- 1630s, from mutter (v.).
双语例句
- 1. They make no more than a mutter of protest.
- 他们只不过是低声抗议了一下。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. They shake their heads and mutter darkly.
- 他们一边摇头，一边阴沉地小声嘀咕。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. I heard a mutter of discontent.
- 我听到有人小声咕哝着表示不满.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. Don't mutter when they are studying.
- 当他们学习时不要轻声低语.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. He spoke in a mutter.
- 他嘀嘀咕咕轻声说话.
来自《简明英汉词典》