mumble
US: /ˈməmbəɫ/
UK: /mˈʌmbəl/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
mumble /'nʌmbl/- danh từ
- tiếng nói lầm bầm
- tiếng nói lầm bầm
- động từ
- nói lầm bầm
- nhai trệu trạo
Advanced English dictionary
verb, noun+ verb
to speak or say sth in a quiet voice in a way that is not clear
Synonym: MUTTER
[V] I could hear him mumbling to himself. + [VN] She mumbled an apology and left. + [V speech] 'Sorry,' she mumbled. [also V that]
+ noun [usually sing.] (also mumbling [C, usually pl., U]) speech or words that are spoken in a quiet voice in a way that is not clear: He spoke in a low mumble, as if to himself. + They tried to make sense of her mumblings.
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
murmur, mutter, say inarticulately, utter indistinctly, swallow one's words:
He mumbled the name of the person who had shot him, but she didn't catch it.
Collocation
ADV.
incoherently | drowsily, sleepily
PREP.
about
I couldn't understand what he was mumbling about.
| into
She mumbled something into her pillow.
| to
George mumbled incoherently to himself.
Concise dictionary
mumbles|mumbled|mumbling'mʌmblnoun
+a soft indistinct utterance
verb
+talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice
+grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty
