单词 | mumble |
释义 | mumble —mumbler, n. —mumblingly, adv. /mum"beuhl/, v. , mumbled, mumbling, n. v.i. 1. to speak in a low indistinct manner, almost to an unintelligible extent; mutter. 2. to chew ineffectively, as from loss of teeth: to mumble on a crust. v.t. 3. to say or utter indistinctly, as with partly closed lips: He mumbled something about expenses. 4. to chew, or try to eat, with difficulty, as from loss of teeth. n. 5. a low, indistinct utterance or sound. [1275-1325; ME momelen, equiv. to mom(me) MUM1 + -elen -LE; cf. D mommelen, G mummeln] Syn. 1, 3. See murmur. Ant. 1. articulate. |
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