muttering
present participle ofmutter
| 单词 | muttering |
| 释义 | muttering present participle ofmutter mutter verb[IorT] uk/ˈmʌt.ər/us/ˈmʌt̬.ɚ/B2 tospeakquietlyand in alowvoicethat is noteasytohear, often when you areworriedorcomplainingabout something: Stop muttering andspeakup! He was muttering(away) tohimself. Laurence muttered somethingabouthiswifeandleft. He muttered somethingunderhisbreathto thepersonnext to him. to talk to someone
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You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Complaining Examplesofmutteringmuttering In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. In these admonitions and allusions, thismutteringwhich is incomprehensible to the uninitiated, there is a note of truth. From theCambridge English Corpus The mutterings of the storm that is coming are very audible. From theCambridge English Corpus Any verbalization by the child which did not contain one of these social markers, including inaudiblemutteringand silent verbal lip movements, was taken as evidence of private speech. From theCambridge English Corpus It is no use hismutteringfrom a sedentary or from a vertical position that we are going to close the hospital. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is because the answer is the opposite to what he ismuttering. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not a bit of good sitting there andmuttering. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He is not willing to get to his feet, and ismutteringfrom a sedentary position. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If he came occasionally, he might know what he was talking about instead of just sitting theremuttering. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I have a much bigger voice thanmuttering. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Mutterings of vested interests and power-politics are being bandied about. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They imagine that, by sitting on their bottoms on the benches andmuttering, they will escape. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not one of those people who were bornmuttering, "single transferable vote". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Certainly exporters are not so muchmutteringas shouting discontent about this issue. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is only because the proposal under the order is so extraordinary, so deplorable, that there are now dark mutterings about gerrymandering. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Perhaps he would care to listen to me, instead ofmutteringunder his breath. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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