0 to speak quietly and in a way that is not clear so that the words are difficult to understand:
She mumbled something about being too busy.
[ + speech ] "I'm sorry," he mumbled.
1 to speak quietly or in an unclear way so that the words are difficult to understand:
Whenever the singer begins to lament his bad luck or sing in falsetto, or mumble and cry to himself, the reverb comes on.
A lot of the producers would be mumbling amongst themselves, trying to find a solution to a problem.
At best, they may be permitted to give a static performance and mumble through a few disjointed lines.
This method of responding was chosen because prior work in the lab suggested that adult participants often mumbled in speech repetition tasks, making them difficult to comprehend.
Some communication difficulties were attributed to the conversational partner mumbling their words or not being able to communicate with a person who has a sensory loss.
Gagool mumbles sinister comments under her breath and giggles quietly to herself, but the men seem not to notice or care.
At the left (probabilistic) choice point, a 'random' decision is made whether the user utters something incomprehensible (a 'mumble' intention) or moves to the next choice point.
She mumbled something, repeated it, and the warden gathered that she was looking for her teeth which she thought she had left under the pillow.
中文繁体
含糊地說,咕噥…
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含糊地说,咕哝…
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hablar entre dientes, mascullar, balbucear…
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resmungar, murmurar…
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ぶつぶつ言う…
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mırıldanmak, ağzında gevelemek, belli belirsiz konuşmak…
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marmonner, marmotter…
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mussitar, remugar…
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