mutter
US: /ˈmətɝ/
UK: /mˈʌtɐ/
UK: /mˈʌtɐ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
mutter /'mʌtə/
- danh từ
- sự thì thầm; tiếng thì thầm
- sự lẩm bẩm, sự càu nhàu; tiếng lẩm bẩm, tiếng càu nhàu
- động từ
- nói khẽ, nói thầm
- nói lẩm bẩm, cằn nhằn; càu nhàu
Advanced English dictionary
verb, noun
+ verb
1 ~ (sth) (to sb / yourself) (about sth) to speak or say sth in a quiet voice that is difficult to hear, especially because you are annoyed about sth: [V speech] 'How dare she,' he muttered under his breath. + [V] She just sat there muttering to herself. + [VN] I muttered something about needing to get back to work. [also V that]
2 ~ (about sth) to complain about sth, without saying publicly what you think: [V] Workers continued to mutter about the management. [also V that]
+ noun [usually sing.] a quiet sound or words that are difficult to hear: the soft mutter of voices
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 mumble, murmur, grunt:
He was muttering something to himself that I didn't catch.
2 grumble, complain, Colloq grouch, grouse, Brit chunter:
She has been muttering about cuts in the postal service ever since I can remember.
Collocation dictionary
ADV.
gruffly, harshly, hoarsely, huskily, thickly, through clenched/gritted teeth
‘I don't need a drink, ’ she muttered through clenched teeth.
| quietly, softly, under your breath | incoherently, vaguely | angrily, bitterly, darkly, fiercely, grimly, irritably, savagely, ungraciously
Helen began muttering darkly about hospitals.
VERB + MUTTER
be heard to, hear sb
A number of non-British visitors were heard to mutter that it would not have happened in Frankfurt. She heard him mutter an oath under his breath.
PREP.
about
muttering about the incompetence of the office staff
| to
muttering incoherently to himself
Concise English dictionary
mutters|muttered|muttering'mʌtə(r)
noun
+a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech
+a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone
verb
+talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice
+make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath
