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

• 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。
• Feeling embarrassed, he muttered a few words and walked off.
  他很尴尬，搭讪着走开了。
• "A rare case," he muttered.
  “一种罕见的病例！”他喃喃地说。
• "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。
• "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。
• 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。
• He muttered something I didn't understand.
  他咕哝了几句，我没听清楚。
• Walsh muttered something under his breath.
  沃尔什小声嘟囔了一句。
• "I don't know," he muttered gloomily.
  “我说不上”，他垂头丧气地唧咕了一声。
• Then the eldest son muttered a curse and jumped to his feet.
  这时，大儿子低声骂了一句，霍地站了起来。