mutter

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈmʌtə/    美 /ˈmʌtɚ/|[ˈmʌɾɚ]|/ˈmɐtə/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A repressed or obscure utterance; an instance of muttering.
    — The prisoners were docile, and accepted their lot with barely a mutter.
  2. Peas.
动词 v.
  1. To utter words, especially complaints or angry expressions, indistinctly or with a low voice and lips partly closed; to say under one's breath. intransitive,transitive
    — You could hear the students mutter as they were served sodden spaghetti, yet again, in the cafeteria.
  2. To speak softly and incoherently, or with imperfect articulations.
    — The asylum inmate muttered some doggerel about chains and pains to himself, over and over.
  3. To make a sound with a low, rumbling noise.
    — April could hear the delivery van's engine muttering in the driveway.

词形变化

mutters plural mutters present,singular,third-person muttering participle,present muttered participle,past muttered past matar alternative

词汇关系

近义词
fumfer mutter mouth
上位词
utter communicate
衍生词
amutter mutterance mutteration mutterer mutteringly muttersome muttery unmuttered

词源

词源 1
From Middle English muteren, moteren, of imitative origin.
Compare Low German mustern, musseln (“to whisper”), German muttern (“to mutter; whisper”), Old Norse muðla (“to murmur”). Compare also Latin muttīre, mutīre.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-New Indo-Aryan *𑀫𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀭 (*maṭṭara)
Hindi मटर (maṭar)bor.
English mutter
Borrowed from Hindi मटर (maṭar).
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