Mumble

(noun.) a soft indistinct utterance.

(verb.) talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice.

(verb.) grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty; 'the old man had no teeth left and mumbled his food'.

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• A man stumbled against him as he turned away, who mumbled some maudlin apology. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• He mumbled the end of his pen, and looked up in his wife's face. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Now I am the first man in the state, burthen of every ballad, and object of old women's mumbled devotions. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Witness: He mumbled a few words, but I could only catch some allusion to a rat. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• He mumbled several words, you understand, but that was all that caught the son's ear. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Good boy, Charley--well done--' he mumbled. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• I had mumbled but a lame mass an thou hadst broken my jaw, for the piper plays ill that wants the nether chops. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Again, I listen to Miss Murdstone mumbling the responses, and emphasizing all the dread words with a cruel relish. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• The old man mumbling to himself, after some consideration, that Fanny had run away, went to the next room to fetch her back. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Well, the lady can't deny that it's a handsome arrangement, Mr. Letterblair had summed up, after mumbling over a summary of the settlement. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.

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