一、詳細釋義:


n.

低語,低語聲 [C]


例句:

The murmur swelled into a roar.

低語聲提高為吼叫聲。


例句:

I heard a sort of choking murmur and part of a laugh, followed by Daisy's voice on a clear and artificial voice.

我聽到傳來一陣哽咽似的低語聲和一點笑聲,接著是黛西嘹亮而做作的聲音。


咕噥,發(fā)牢騷,低聲的抱怨 [C]


例句:

And I uttered a murmur to that effect.

我也嘟囔著把這種意見表示了。


例句:

She gave a little murmur.

她低聲咕噥了一句。


潺潺聲


例句:

I could hear the murmur of the sea.

我能聽到大海的潺潺聲。


例句:

He sat listening to the murmur of the little brook.

他坐著傾聽小溪流水的潺潺聲。


(胸部的)雜音 [C]


例句:

There's some respiratory murmur in your heart.

你的心臟有些呼吸性雜音。


例句:

The doctor said James had now developed a heart murmur.

醫(yī)生說詹姆斯的心臟有雜音。


v.

低聲說,連續(xù)發(fā)出低沉的聲音 [I,T]


例句:

She murmured softly to the baby in her arms.

她對著懷里的孩子輕聲低語。


例句:

As she delivered her speech, the crowd murmured their approval.

她在演講時,聽眾發(fā)出輕輕的贊賞聲。


私下抱怨 [I]


例句:

The children murmured against their homework.

孩子們對他們的家庭作業(yè)有怨言。


例句:

The people murmured against new taxes.

人民對征收新稅發(fā)牢騷。


二、詞義辨析:


complain,grumble,murmur

這些動詞均含“抱怨、埋忽”之意。 complain側重因對處境不滿、待遇不公或自己有痛苦等而向別人訴說、埋怨。 grumble指因對處境、待遇不滿或其他個人因素而憤憤不平地向他人訴苦或自言自語。 murmur多指因不滿某人或某事而背著人自言自語地發(fā)怨言。


三、詞義辨析:


murmur,mutter,whisper

這些動詞均有“低語”之意。 murmur通常指人、微風或小溪等的低沉、柔和或連續(xù)的聲音。 mutter多指別人不易聽到的低語。 whisper通常指耳語、竊竊私語。


四、相關短語:


cardiac murmur

心雜音


heart murmur

n.[醫(yī)]心雜音


一、參考例句:


A quiet murmur passed through the classroom.

一陣悄悄的低語聲傳遍了整個教室。


The murmur swelled into a roar.

低語聲提高為吼叫聲。


An angry murmur ran through the crowd.

憤怒的抱怨聲在人群中迅速蔓延。


There's some respiratory murmur in your heart.

你的心臟有些呼吸性雜音。


And I uttered a murmur to that effect.

我也嘟囔著把這種意見表示了。


I could hear the murmur of the sea.

我能聽到大海的潺潺聲。


Following murmur the bicker, we entered the Mingyue.

循著潺潺的流水聲,我們走進了明月山。


There was a low murmur of conversation in the hall.

大廳里有竊竊私語聲。


He sat listening to the murmur of the little brook.

他坐著傾聽小溪流水的潺潺聲。


The troops would stay in position to squash the first murmur of trouble.

部隊將繼續(xù)原地駐扎,一有騷亂跡象就立即鎮(zhèn)壓。