mutter

verb

1. 嘀咕；嘟囔
   to speak or say sth in a quiet voice that is difficult to hear, especially because you are annoyed about sth
   1. ‘How dare she,’ he muttered under his breath.
      他轻声嘀咕道：“她怎么敢。”
   2. She just sat there muttering to herself.
      她坐在那儿独自唧唧咕咕的。
   3. I muttered something about needing to get back to work.
      我嘀咕着说要接着干活了。
2. （私下）抱怨，发牢骚
   to complain about sth, without saying publicly what you think
   1. Workers continued to mutter about the management.
      工人私下对资方还是有怨言。

noun

1. 嘀咕；嘟哝；低语声
   a quiet sound or words that are difficult to hear
   1. the soft mutter of voices
      柔和的低语声

1. VERB 轻声说话;小声抱怨
   If you mutter, 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. Mutter is 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。

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. I heard a mutter of discontent.
   我听到有人小声咕哝着表示不满。
6. You don't mutter when they are studying.
   当他们学习时你不要轻声低语。
7. Don't mutter; do your own business.
   不要咕哝地抱怨，做你自己的事。
8. I heard him mutter a prayer under his breath& he always said a prayer when his son left the house.
   我听见他低声祈祷&每次他儿子外出，他总是要祈祷。
9. Maybe next time I'll just try tai chi, I mutter to myself.
   也许下次我该试试太极，我喃喃自语。
10. And, through so many and such close teeth, he could mutter well.
    虽然他的牙齿那么多那么密，但是他却能咕哝得清清楚楚。
11. Proper pundits mutter darkly about rule of law and universal suffrage, shadow banking and debt defaults. But I prefer to tell a tale of toilets.
    真正的专家们严肃地讨论着法治和普选、影子银行和债务违约，我却宁愿讲一个关于马桶的故事。
12. I once asked Anne-Sophie Mutter, the great violinist, what had made her choose the fiddle.
    我曾经问过著名小提琴家安娜-苏菲穆特，到底是什么让她选择了提琴。
13. The local tyrants, evil gentry and lawless landlords have been deprived of all right to speak, and none of them dares even mutter dissent.
    土豪劣绅，不法地主，则完全被剥夺了发言权，没有人敢说半个不字。
14. Among all the details, you will be most impressed by Winston's mutter: "I've been dead." Hesitation and desperation will destroy your future.
    所有细节中，最让人印象深刻的，是温斯顿不时的喃喃自语：“我已经死了。”对未来的彷徨与绝望比什么都要可怕。
15. There are reasons why the die-hards can only mutter and dare not speak out openly.
    死硬派的埋怨之所以只能是吞吞吐吐，而不敢明目张胆，是有原因的。
16. Some Maoists mutter grimly about ditching the peace deal that in2006 ended their ten-year insurgency.
    一些毛派分子甚至无情地嚷嚷着要甩开2006年签署的和平协议，不再按照约定结束十年动乱。
17. He spoke in a mutter.
    他嘀嘀咕咕轻声说话。
18. He heard near his right ear a low mutter.
    他听到有人在他右耳边低声嘀咕。
19. A voice was heard to mutter that I was trying to ruin the meeting.
    听见有人在低声议论，说我想破坏这次会议。
20. Maybe loved ones are beginning to mutter unhappily that they never see you.
    也许爱人们开始嘀咕说他们总是看不见你。
21. Why can't we do that? mutter politicians and academics.
    欧洲的政界人士和学者们嘀咕着：为什么我们就做不到呢？
22. Next thing, I hit the print button and the inkjet next to my desk began to mutter and click.
    下一件事，我点了下“打印”按钮，桌子边上的喷墨打印机开始嗡嗡作响。
23. We might, for instance, mutter under our breath, sigh, make a condescending comment such as "It's about time" or in some other way minimize the apology.
    比如我们可能会低声抱怨、叹气、或屈尊般地感慨道“该是时候了”，或者用其他方法来弱化道歉。
24. None of them dares even mutter dissent.
    没有人敢说半个不字。
25. Speak louder because I cannot hear you if you mutter under your breath.
    你这么小声咕哝我怎么听得见，讲话大点儿声。
26. So even as they mutter racist slogans, members of Siberia's Lumpenproletariat benefit from proximity to the dragon.
    因此，这些西伯利亚的“流氓无产者”们在嘟囔著种族口号时，也因为靠近中国龙而从中受益。
27. Don't mutter! I can't hear you.
    别叽叽咕咕的！我听不见。
28. A teenager I know tired of adults asking her all the time what she wanted to be decided at a recent family party to just mutter the words "brain surgeon" to any adult in the room.
    我认识一个十来岁的孩子，大人们总是问她长大了想干什么。她被问烦了便在最近的一次家庭聚会上向屋子里每位大人嘟囔了一句“脑外科医生”。
29. We heard the man mutter something as he walked away.
    我们听见那个人离开时喃喃地说着什么。

noun

1. a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone

   Synonym:    grumblegrumblingmurmurmurmuringmuttering

2. a low continuous indistinct sound

   Synonym:    mutteringmurmurmurmuringmurmurationmussitation

verb

1. make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath
   1. she grumbles when she feels overworked

   Synonym:    murmurgrumblecroakgnarl

2. talk indistinctly

   Synonym:    mumblemaundermussitate