mumbled
past simple and past participle ofmumble
| 单词 | mumbled |
| 释义 | mumbled past simple and past participle ofmumble mumble verb[IorT] uk/ˈmʌm.bəl/us/ˈmʌm.bəl/B2 tospeakquietlyand in a way that is notclearso that the words aredifficulttounderstand: She mumbledsomethingabout being toobusy. [+ speech]"I'msorry," he mumbled. to talk to someone
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Examplesofmumbledmumbled In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. This method of responding was chosen because prior work in the lab suggested that adult participants oftenmumbledin speech repetition tasks, making them difficult to comprehend. From theCambridge English Corpus Shemumbledsomething, repeated it, and the warden gathered that she was looking for her teeth which she thought she had left under the pillow. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If he did, he must have done so in an extraordinarilymumbledway. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The issue of pay-when-paid is fairly important, but is not very clearly understood owing to the fact that manymumbledwords have been uttered. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 When pressed, hemumbledsomething about social security assistance. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Imumbledsome unconvincing explanation and went on my way. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 My officialsmumbledthe phrase that it was covered by the rate support grant. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Hemumbledabout some sort of community project, so that the joyriders could channel their energies into other things. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Hemumbledandmumbledand was hardly articulate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 All the "stop-go" phrases which were never going to be used weremumbledout. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We had the room for one hour, and theymumbledon and on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The word "evacuation" is now accepted andmumbledout on all sorts of occasions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He hasmumbled, waffled, sidestepped and made comments that are difficult to reconcile with facts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 At the inquest the officer said that he asked the driver to goon with the train, and that the drivermumbledsomething which he could not understand. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I went to another meeting upstairs, and a number of peoplemumbledalmost incoherently some explanations that nobody at the back of the room could hear. 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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