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单词 mumbling
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Definition of mumbling in English:

mumbling

adjective ˈmʌmb(ə)lɪŋˈməmb(ə)lɪŋ
  • Speaking or spoken in a quiet and indistinct way.

    inarticulate, mumbling speeches
    his mumbling manner and poor communication skills
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He's geeky to a fault, quirky, talks in a mumbling, nasally fashion, and he's generally just crazy.
    • Mobile phones are turning us into a nation of mumbling idiots with a set of stock phrases such as "Hi!"
    • You're that mumbling teenager, angry at everything without being able to make your anger understood.
    • A full-length commentary features Hill and McDonald offer a rambling, mumbling discussion of the real events behind some of the film's plot points.
    • Never one to be clearly understood, he takes his mumbling incoherence to new depths.
    • He's a gentle, mumbling soul who means well but never quite manages to make those around him happy.
    • This even includes a section in which a speech therapist analyses his mumbling sentences.
    • The boys in the office made mumbling noises about the fact that I'd got my hair cut, and studiously avoided saying anything else.
    • Its strange how so many little problems can render me a mumbling, incoherent madman.
    • His mumbling, stammering, wincing performance may be a little mannered and actorly.

Derivatives

  • mumblingly

  • adverb ˈmʌmblɪŋliˈməmbəlɪŋli
    • A mumblingly bumblingly lightweight performance from a minister who was completely out of her depth.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Marcy began explaining to them that we don't have priests, but since he spoke badly, mumblingly, they didn't try to make out what he meant.
      • I mumblingly apologized for my exhaustion.
      • To Davie's astonishment and anger, Aaron mumblingly asks about the possibility of finding something or someone out there.
      • Jeff was smoking a cigarette and was mumblingly quiet upon introduction.

Rhymes

rumbling
 
 

Definition of mumbling in US English:

mumbling

adjectiveˈməmb(ə)lɪŋˈməmb(ə)liNG
  • Speaking or spoken in a quiet and indistinct way.

    inarticulate, mumbling speeches
    his mumbling manner and poor communication skills
    Example sentencesExamples
    • His mumbling, stammering, wincing performance may be a little mannered and actorly.
    • A full-length commentary features Hill and McDonald offer a rambling, mumbling discussion of the real events behind some of the film's plot points.
    • This even includes a section in which a speech therapist analyses his mumbling sentences.
    • Its strange how so many little problems can render me a mumbling, incoherent madman.
    • You're that mumbling teenager, angry at everything without being able to make your anger understood.
    • He's a gentle, mumbling soul who means well but never quite manages to make those around him happy.
    • Mobile phones are turning us into a nation of mumbling idiots with a set of stock phrases such as "Hi!"
    • Never one to be clearly understood, he takes his mumbling incoherence to new depths.
    • He's geeky to a fault, quirky, talks in a mumbling, nasally fashion, and he's generally just crazy.
    • The boys in the office made mumbling noises about the fact that I'd got my hair cut, and studiously avoided saying anything else.
 
 
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