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单词 mumble
释义 mum·ble
I. \ˈməmbəl\ verb
(mumbled ; mumbled ; mumbling \-b(ə)liŋ\ ; mumbles)
Etymology: Middle English momelen, of imitative origin
intransitive verb
1. archaic : to chew something gently with closed lips or with little use of the teeth
2. : to make speech sounds that are hard to understand because of minimal displacement of the speech organs from their rest position : utter words in a low confused indistinct manner : mutter
 < he lay … gray and limp, with a parson mumbling over him — Francis Yeats-Brown >
transitive verb
1. : to utter with a low inarticulate voice
 < mumbled something about not having a license — George Meredith >
2. : to chew or bite with or as if with toothless gums
 < the old women mumbling soft sandwiches — A.P.Gaskell >
3. : to press or caress with the lips
 < she mumbled his cheek and called him “lovey” — Robertson Davies >
4. chiefly dialect England : momble
II. noun
(-s)
: a low confused indistinct utterance : muttering
 < the mumble of his voice vanished — Gwyn Thomas >
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