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喃喃低语喃喃自语,作低沈声出怨言,抱怨地说
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Mutter \Mut"ter\, v. t.
To utter with imperfect articulations, or with a low voice;
as, to mutter threats. --Shak.
Mutter \Mut"ter\, n.
Repressed or obscure utterance.
Mutter \Mut"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Muttered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Muttering}.] [Prob. of imitative origin; cf. L. muttire,
mutire.]
1. To utter words indistinctly or with a low voice and lips
partly closed; esp., to utter indistinct complaints or
angry expressions; to grumble; to growl.
Wizards that peep, and that mutter. --Is. viii.
19.
Meantime your filthy foreigner will stare, And
mutter to himself. --Dryden.
2. To sound with a low, rumbling noise.
Thick lightnings flash, the muttering thunder rolls.
--Pope.
资料来源 : WordNet®
mutter
n 1: a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by
movement of the lips without the production of
articulate speech [syn: {muttering}, {murmur}, {murmuring},
{murmuration}, {mussitation}]
2: a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone [syn: {grumble},
{grumbling}, {murmur}, {murmuring}, {muttering}]
v 1: talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice [syn: {mumble}, {maunder},
{mussitate}]
2: make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath; "she
grumbles when she feels overworked" [syn: {murmur}, {grumble},
{croak}, {gnarl}]
资料来源 : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing
mutter
To quietly enter a command not meant for the ears, eyes, or
fingers of ordinary mortals. Often used in "mutter an
{incantation}".
See also {wizard}.
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(1995-02-06)