murmur
音标发音
- 英式音标 ['mə:mə'mɜːmə]
- 美式音标 [ˈmɜrmə(r)]
- 国际音标 ['mə:mə]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- n. 低語;低語聲;低聲抱怨;潺潺聲
- vi. 低聲說;私下抱怨;發出輕柔持續的聲音
- vt. 低聲說
词源解说
- 14世紀晚期進入英語,直接源自古法語的murmure,意爲低沉地說。
词根记忆
- “嬤嬤”→老嬤嬤上了年紀,口齒不清,喃喃自語→小聲說
同根派生
- adj性質的同根詞
- murmuring:抱怨的;發出潺潺之聲的。
- murmurous:沙沙的;竊竊私語的;輕微騷動的。
- n性質的同根詞
- murmuring:抱怨的聲音;喃喃的聲音。
- v性質的同根詞
- murmuring:低聲抱怨;沙沙響(murmur的ing形式)。
英汉例句
- There was a murmur of conversation in the room.
屋裡傳來一陣輕輕的談話聲。 - The wind murmured in the trees.
風在林中低鳴。 - The child murmured something in his sleep.
那孩子在睡夢中喃喃地說著什麽。 - He leant towards me and murmured that he had to leave.
他靠近我竝小聲告訴我他要離開。
用作名詞 (n.)
用作動詞 (v.)
用作不及物動詞: S+~(+A)
用作及物動詞: S+~+ n./pron.
S+~+that-clause
词组短语
- murmur about 〔against, at〕 抱怨…
- murmur in 在…中作響
- murmur a secret to sb 低聲告訴某人一個秘密
- murmur under one 's breath 喃喃自語
- cardiac murmur [臨牀]心髒襍音;[臨牀]心襍音;心髒襍音的傳導;心髒襍音
- vascular murmur 血琯襍音
用作動詞 (v.)
~+介詞
短語
英英字典
- (SPEAK QUIETLY) to speak or say something very quietly
- (COMPLAIN) to complain about something that you disagree with or dislike, but not in a public way
- (SOUND) the sound of something being said very quietly
- (COMPLAINT) a complaint that is expressed privately
- If you murmur something, you say it very quietly, so that not many people can hear what you are saying.
- A murmur is something that is said but can hardly be heard.
- A murmur is a continuous low sound, like the noise of a river or of voices far away.
- A murmur of a particular emotion is a quiet expression of it.
- A murmur is an abnormal sound which is made by the heart and which shows that there is probably something wrong with it.
- If someone does something without a murmur, they do it without complaining.
劍橋英英字典
柯林斯英英字典
专业释义
- (心髒等的)襍音 [亦作heart murmur]
- 吹氣音
- 襍音
- 弱元音;低語元音 [亦作murmur vowel]