mum·ble /ˈmʌmbəl/
喃喃而語,咕噥(vt.)(vi.)喃喃而語,咕噥
Mum·ble v. t.
1. To utter with a low, inarticulate voice.
2. To chew or bite gently, as one without teeth.
Gums unarmed, to mumble meat in vain. --Dryden.
3. To suppress, or utter imperfectly.
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Mum·ble v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mumbled p. pr. & vb. n. Mumbling ]
1. To speak with the lips partly closed, so as to render the sounds inarticulate and imperfect; to utter words in a grumbling indistinct manner, indicating discontent or displeasure; to mutter.
Peace, you mumbling fool. --Shak.
A wrinkled hag, with age grown double,
Picking dry sticks, and mumbling to herself. --Otway.
2. To chew something gently with closed lips.
mumble
v 1: talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice [syn: mutter, maunder,
mussitate]
2: grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great
difficulty; "the old man had no teeth left and mumbled his
food" [syn: gum]