mutters

英 [ˈmʌtəz]

美 [ˈmʌtərz]

v.  嘀咕; 嘟囔; (私下)抱怨，发牢骚
mutter的第三人称单数

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

• The Postal Dude occasionally mutters," Only my gun understands me. "
  而邮差王则偶尔低声嘀咕一句：“只有我的枪理解我。”
• A fatalistic warning, Someone mutters.
  宿命的警讯，某人喃喃低语。
• "Jam," mutters Mr Alange and he settles in for a choking three-hour wait.
  结果是他等待了令人窒息的三个小时。
• Rain rattles the roof and mutters at the window.
  雨点敲打着屋顶和窗户。
• An employee who shows up late to meetings, sits in the back of the room, and mutters to colleagues is displaying some of the classic signs of passive aggressive behavior.
  开会迟到，还坐在后排跟同事窃窃私语，这都是典型的消极对抗行为。
• Exasperated with her children, she rolls her eyes and mutters an aside to the camera, 'No wonder I drink!'
  在被她的孩子们激怒后，她翻了一下白眼对着镜头嘀咕道，“难怪我会酗酒！”
• Someone mutters, and a street lamp gutters, and soon it will be morning.
  有人喃喃低语，一盏街灯将熄，清晨就快要来临。
• They will kill you, he mutters.
  他们会杀了你们的，他喃喃地说。
• Sometime what he mutters sounds nothing and elusive.
  有时候他好像喃喃自语，内容空洞而不著边际。
• Hearsay: What toddlers do when anyone mutters a dirty word.
  道听途说：蹒跚学步的孩子在听到有人讲脏话时做的事。