- 1vB2
/ˈmʌmbəl/
to say something too quietly and without making the words clear enough, so that other people cannot understand you.
咕噥；含糊地說
過去式 mumbled過去分詞 mumbled-ing mumbling三單 mumbles
核心畫面
A way of picturing it: the words never fully leave the mouth. The lips barely move, the sound stays low and soft in the throat, and the edges of each word blur into the next — so the listener hears that you said something, but cannot cut it apart into words.
話沒有真的走出嘴巴。嘴唇幾乎沒動，聲音悶在喉嚨和牙齒之間，一個字的尾巴黏著下一個字的頭，全部糊成一團。對方聽得出你「…更多收起
話沒有真的走出嘴巴。嘴唇幾乎沒動，聲音悶在喉嚨和牙齒之間，一個字的尾巴黏著下一個字的頭，全部糊成一團。對方聽得出你「有在說話」，卻切不出是哪幾個字——他要嘛湊近再問一次，要嘛只好放棄。常常伴隨的不只是聲音小，還有那種不太想被聽清楚的姿態：低著頭、對著自己說。原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
mumbleverb/ˈmʌmbəl/
- 1
To speak unintelligibly or inaudibly; to fail to articulate.
- Please try not to mumble so I can hear you better.
- Peace, you mumbling fool.
- 2
To chew something gently with closed lips.
mumblenoun/ˈmʌmbəl/
- 1
A quiet or unintelligible vocalization; a low tone of voice.
- All I could hear was a mumble from the next room.
- He spoke in a barely comprehensible mumble.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。