murmur
英 [ˈmɜ:mə(r)] 美 [ˈmɜrmə(r)]

n.

咕哝，发牢骚；低声的抱怨；低声说话；

vt.& vi.

小声说；

vi.

发出连续而低沉的声音；私下抱怨；

变形

复数：murmurs过去式：murmured现在分词：murmuring第三人称单数：murmurs

双语释义

n.(名词)

1. [C]低沉、连续而不清的声音 low continuous indistinct sound
2. [C]低语声 quietly spoken word(s)
3. [S]怨言,嘀咕 a complaint

v.(动词)

1. vi. 发出连续而低沉的声音 make a murmur
2. vt. & vi. 小声说 say (sth) in a low voice
3. vi. 私下低声抱怨 complain about sb/sth quietly, not openly

英英释义

murmur[ 'mə:mə ]

• n.
  • a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech

    同义词：muttermutteringmurmuringmurmurationmussitation

  • a schwa that is incidental to the pronunciation of a consonant

    同义词：murmur vowel

  • an abnormal sound of the heart; sometimes a sign of abnormal function of the heart valves

    同义词：heart murmurcardiac murmur

  • a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone

    同义词：grumblegrumblingmurmuringmuttermuttering

• v.
  • speak softly or indistinctly

    "She murmured softly to the baby in her arms"

  • make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath

    同义词：muttergrumblecroakgnarl

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)～+介词

• murmur about〔against, at〕抱怨…
• murmur in在…中作响
• murmur a secret to sb低声告诉某人一个秘密
• murmur under one's breath喃喃自语

词组短语

heart murmur n. [医]心杂音

同近义词辨析

whisper, mutter, murmur

这组词都有“低语”的意思，其区别是：

whisper通常指耳语、窃窃私语。

mutter多指别人不易听到的低语。

murmur通常指人、微风或小溪等的低沉、柔和或连续的声音。

grumble, complain, murmur

这组词都有“抱怨、埋忽”的意思，其区别是：

grumble指因对处境、待遇不满或其他个人因素而愤愤不平地向他人诉苦或自言自语。

complain侧重因对处境不满、待遇不公或自己有痛苦等而向别人诉说、埋怨。

murmur多指因不满某人或某事而背着人自言自语地发怨言。

双语例句

用作动词(v.)

1. Some of the sailors began to murmur about it bringing bad luck.
   一些水手开始低声说这带来了噩运。
2. The old man drooped his head and began to murmur to himself my father's name.
   老人低下头，低声念叨我父亲的名字。
3. The breeze murmured in the pines.
   松林里微风沙沙作响。
4. The little stream murmured at the foot of the hill.
   小溪在山脚下潺潺流动。
5. Today children always murmur their homework too much.
   现今孩子总是抱怨他们的作业太多。
6. They began to murmur against their coach, but he gave them fair words.
   他们咕哝着埋怨起教练来了，他却很和气地同他们讲话。

用作名词(n.)

1. The murmur swelled into a roar.
   窃窃私语的声音变大形成一片喧哗。
2. A murmur of pain broke from her lips.
   从她的唇间发出痛苦的喃喃低语。
3. The murmur of the spring harps by us.
   潺潺溪水欢唱着流过我们的身边。
4. He can't do with his wife's murmur
   他忍受不了他妻子的抱怨。
5. There was a low murmur of conversation in the hall.
   大厅里有窃窃私语声。
6. You have got a faint murmur of the heart .
   你的心脏有微弱的杂音。

权威例句

Non-Audible Murmur (NAM) Recognition
The MurMur project: modeling and querying multi-representation spatio-temporal databases
Relation of Still's murmur, small aortic diameter and high aortic velocity
The MurMur project: Modeling and querying multi-representation spatio-temporal databases ☆
Feature extraction for systolic heart murmur classification.
The Murmur of the Sleeping Black Hole: Detection of Nuclear Ultraviolet Variability in LINER Galaxies
Non-audible murmur recognition input interface using stethoscopic microphone attached to the skin
Non-audible murmur recognition input interface using stethoscopic microphone attached to the skin
Computer-based detection and analysis of heart sound and murmur.
Cost-effectiveness of infective endocarditis prophylaxis for mitral valve prolapse with or without a mitral regurgitant murmur ☆