Mutter
[ 'mʌtɚ ]
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vt.& vi. 轻声低语，咕哝地抱怨;含糊地说;自言自语地说;
n. 咕哝;小声低语，小声抱怨;怨言;
💡 词根助记
mutt笨蛋；小狗+er表名词，反复做 →那个傻瓜一个人自言自语 →喃喃自语
📝 例句
None of them dares even mutter dissent.
没有人敢说半个不字。
Don' t mutter ! I can' t hear you.
别叽叽咕咕的! 我听不见.
We heard the man mutter something as he walked away.
我们听见那个人离开时喃喃地说着什么。
The old woman muttered to herself.
这位老妇人喃喃自语。
We heard a mutter of discontent.
我们听到有人窃窃私议表示不满。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ m-拼音“美”,utter-说:美眉说话声音很小像咕哝
※ butter-奶油,mutter-抱怨:奶油变质变味,食客小声抱怨
※ mu-拼音“母”,tt-似数字“77”,er-拼音“儿”:母亲在向77个儿子抱怨
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
mutter
v
1 [I, Ipr, Tn, Tn.pr, Tf, Dn.pr]
~ (sth) (to sb) (about sth) speak or say (sth) in a low voice that is hard to hear 低语; 咕哝（某事）
Don't mutter! I can't hear you. 别叽叽咕咕的! 我听不见.
Sarah was muttering away to herself as she did the washing-up. 萨拉一边洗碗碟一边独自咕哝个没完.
He muttered something (to the salesgirl) (about losing his wallet). 他低声（向女售货员）述说著（他的钱包丢了）.
2 [I, Ipr] ~ (about/against/at sb/sth) complain or grumble privately or in a way that is not openly expressed （私下）埋怨, 发牢骚, 讲怪话
For some time people had been muttering about the way she ran the department. 人们对她的管理方式私下抱怨已有时日.
3 [I] (of thunder) be heard distantly; rumble （指雷）自远处发低沉声, 隆隆作响. mutter, n (usu sing 通常作单数) indistinct utterance or sound 含糊低语声; 含混不清的声音.
🎯 考研助记
骂他（谐音）： 嘀咕骂他 网友：yqy 补充：“妈的”－小声而含糊不清地抱怨
🔁 扩展释义
*['mʌtә]n. 喃喃低语vi. 喃喃自语, 作低沉声vt. 出怨言, 抱怨地说相关词组: mutter to oneself mutter against sb
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I'm sure she'll just turn up.
我相信她很快就会露面的。
Other books are for reading slowly and carefully. If it is a book on a subject that you are interested in, you will want to chew and digest it. That does not mean reading it too slowly. When you pick up a book for the first time, check that it is not to
还有一些书是要慢慢地、仔细地阅读的。如果有一本书谈论的题目你很感兴趣，你就想“咀嚼、消化它”。这并不意味着要读得太慢。当你第一次拿起一本书的时候，你得检查一下，这本书不是太难读。除非从头几页书中你能看出这是一本你容易读懂的书，否则你就不要去读它。
We spent some time looking around under the trees for some wood.
我们花了些时间在树下四周找木柴。