murmurs

英['mɜːmə(r)] 美['mɜːrmər]
  • v.低语;发出连续轻柔的声音;低声抱怨n.低语;连续轻柔的声音;低声的抱怨;[医]心区杂音
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  • Mur n.穆尔河(奥地利中南部的一条河流)
  • Mura n.穆尔河(奥地利中南部的一条河流)
  • Muraage 村举
  • Muraai 村合(姓,日本)
  • Murabayashi 村林(姓,日本)
    v. (动词)
    1. 发牢骚,诉怨,私下抱怨,发怨言,低声抱怨
    2. 发出轻柔持续的声音,连续发出低沉的声音
    3. 低声说,小声说,私语, 低语 ,轻轻地说,喃喃地说,低声而言
    4. 沙沙地响
    5. 咕哝,嘀嘀咕咕
    6. 自言自语道
    n. (名词)
    1. 低语(声),私语声,耳语声
    2. 沙沙声
    3. 潺潺声,淙淙声
    4. 咕哝,嘟哝(声)
    5. 怨言,低声抱怨,牢骚,埋怨(声)
    6. 【医】(心脏)杂音
    7. 交谈声
    8. 喃喃低语
    9. 叽叽喳喳声
    10. 轻柔持续的声音
    n. (名词)
    1. [C]低沉、连续而不清的声音 low continuous indistinct sound
    2. [C]低语声 quietly spoken word(s)
    3. [S]怨言,嘀咕 a complaint
    v. (动词)
    1. vi. 发出连续而低沉的声音 make a murmur
    2. vt. & vi. 小声说 say (sth) in a low voice
    3. vi. 私下低声抱怨 complain about sb/sth quietly, not openly

英英释义

Noun:
  1. a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech

  2. a schwa that is incidental to the pronunciation of a consonant

  3. an abnormal sound of the heart; sometimes a sign of abnormal function of the heart valves

  4. a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone

Verb:
  1. speak softly or indistinctly;

    "She murmured softly to the baby in her arms"

  2. make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath;

    "she grumbles when she feels overworked"

    用作动词 (v.)
    1. Some of the sailors began to murmur about it bringing bad luck.
      一些水手开始低声说这带来了噩运。
    2. The old man drooped his head and began to murmur to himself my father's name.
      老人低下头,低声念叨我父亲的名字。
    3. The breeze murmured in the pines.
      松林里微风沙沙作响。
    4. The little stream murmured at the foot of the hill.
      小溪在山脚下潺潺流动。
    5. Today children always murmur their homework too much.
      现今孩子总是抱怨他们的作业太多。
    6. They began to murmur against their coach, but he gave them fair words.
      他们咕哝着埋怨起教练来了,他却很和气地同他们讲话。
    用作名词 (n.)
    1. The murmur swelled into a roar.
      窃窃私语的声音变大形成一片喧哗。
    2. A murmur of pain broke from her lips.
      从她的唇间发出痛苦的喃喃低语。
    3. The murmur of the spring harps by us.
      潺潺溪水欢唱着流过我们的身边。
    4. He can't do with his wife's murmur
      他忍受不了他妻子的抱怨。
    5. There was a low murmur of conversation in the hall.
      大厅里有窃窃私语声。
    6. You have got a faint murmur of the heart .
      你的心脏有微弱的杂音。
    用作名词 (n.)
    1. There was a murmur of conversation in the room.
      屋里传来一阵轻轻的谈话声。
    2. In our room we could hear the murmur of a distant brook.
      在我们房间能听到远处小溪汩汩的流水声。
    3. They paid the extra taxes without a murmur.
      他们毫无怨言地交了附加税。
    用作动词 (v.)
    用作不及物动词 S+~(+A)
    1. The wind murmured in the trees.
      风在林中低鸣。
    2. He is murmuring to himself.
      他在自言自语。
    用作及物动词 S+~+ n./pron.
    1. The child murmured something in his sleep.
      那孩子在睡梦中喃喃地说着什么。
    2. As she denounced the government's policy, the crowd murmured their approval.
      当她抨击政府的政策时,听众叽叽咕咕地表示赞同。
    S+~+that-clause
    1. He leant towards me and murmured that he had to leave.
      他靠近我并小声告诉我他要离开。
v. (动词)
murmur, complain, grumble
  • 这组词的共同意思是“抱怨”或“埋怨”。其区别是:
  • 1.complain是向别人诉苦; murmur是背着别人自言自语地“抱怨”; grumble通常带有感情色彩和个人情绪,指一边发脾气,一边自己对自己叽叽咕咕。
  • 2.complain还有“投诉”的意思。
  • 3.grumble多用于指男性。
  • complain,grumble,murmur
  • 这些动词均含“抱怨、埋怨”之意。
  • complain侧重因对处境不满、待遇不公或自己有痛苦等而向别人诉说、埋怨。
  • grumble指因对处境、待遇不满或其他个人因素而愤愤不平地向他人诉苦或自言自语。
  • murmur多指因不满某人或某事而背着人自言自语地发怨言。
  • murmur,mutter,whisper
  • 这些动词均有“低语”之意。
  • murmur通常指人、微风或小溪等的低沉、柔和或连续的声音。
  • mutter多指别人不易听到的低语。
  • whisper通常指耳语、窃窃私语。
  • 用作动词 (v.)
    murmur about (v.+prep.)
      低声说(某事)say (sth) in a low voice
      murmur about sth

      He was delirious, murmuring about that matter.

      他精神恍惚,低声叨念着那件事。

    murmur against〔at〕 (v.+prep.)
      私下埋怨,发牢骚complain, not officially but in private
      murmur against〔at〕 sb/sth

      For some years some people had been murmuring against him.

      几年来人们一直在私下议论他。

      The workers murmured at the treatment they received.

      工人们因不满意他们所受的待遇而发牢骚。

    用作动词 (v.)
    ~+介词