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

• '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。
• "He's a small boy," Pamela muttered.
  真象个小孩子，帕米拉咕哝着。
• It amused eyes, and muttered to say, I love you from here to the moon.
  它眯着眼睛，喃喃的说，我爱你从这里到月亮。
• "Stupid guy," I muttered to myself, switching off the television.
  “蠢东西，”我自言自语地咕哝道，关掉了电视。
• "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。
• Feeling embarrassed, he muttered a few words and walked off.
  他很尴尬，搭讪着走开了。
• '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。”
• Walsh muttered something under his breath.
  沃尔什小声嘟囔了一句。
• "A rare case," he muttered.
  “一种罕见的病例！”他喃喃地说。
• Her husband muttered something about going out to find her.
  她丈夫咕哝着说了些出去找她之类的话。