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murmurer

/mur-mer/US // ˈmɜr mər //UK // (ˈmɜːmə) //

喃喃自语者,喃喃自语,喃喃自语的人,喃喃细语者

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a low, continuous sound, as of a brook, the wind, or trees, or of low, indistinct voices.
    • : a mumbled or private expression of discontent.
    • : Also called heart murmur. Medicine/Medical. an abnormal sound heard on listening to the heart, usually through a stethoscope, produced by the blood passing through deformed cardiac valves.in some persons a similar sound heard when blood passes through normal valves.
    • : Phonetics. a voice quality in which vibration of the vocal cords is accompanied by the escape of a great deal of air, as in the of ahead; breathy voice.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to make a low or indistinct sound, especially continuously.
    • : to speak in a low tone or indistinctly.
    • : to complain in a low tone or in private.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to sound by murmurs.
    • : to utter in a low tone: He murmured a threat as he left the room.

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Examples

  • The game was a pitchers’ duel until, just like that, Pablo Sandoval swung the Atlanta Braves in front and turned Nationals Park into a gallery of light murmurs.

  • It was the low-level murmur of two people who had forgotten to go on mute, followed by giggling.

  • Selling off the extras, I saw my neighbor marvel at the scent and murmur that he wished he could afford one.

  • Then in a kind and soothing murmur he ran over the important points with Vance, who stood like one stunned.

  • The crowd on the floor responded with a half-hearted murmur of assent.

  • The mix of cooking segments, pop concerts, and celebrity interviews is met with an unappreciative murmur.

  • They occurred without a murmur of protest from the United States.

  • Bernard folded his hands together—almost devoutly—and stood gazing at her with a long, inarticulate murmur of satisfaction.

  • Her glance wandered from his face away toward the Gulf, whose sonorous murmur reached her like a loving but imperative entreaty.

  • The leaves were motionless, the river crept past without a murmur, the dark hills rose out of the distant desert like a wave.

  • At the store he would never have given in, but he was not accustomed to hearing so loud a murmur of approval greet the opposition.

  • “Akhab Khan prevented those Shia dogs from shooting you and Mayne-sahib,” went on the low murmur.