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）。

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英汉例句

用作名詞 (n.)

• There was a murmur of conversation in the room.
  屋裡傳來一陣輕輕的談話聲。

用作動詞 (v.)

用作不及物動詞: S+～(+A)

• The wind murmured in the trees.
  風在林中低鳴。

用作及物動詞: S+～+ n./pron.

• The child murmured something in his sleep.
  那孩子在睡夢中喃喃地說著什麽。

S+～+that-clause

• 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。

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词组短语

用作動詞 (v.)

～+介詞

• 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

短語

• 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

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英英字典

劍橋英英字典

• (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

柯林斯英英字典

• 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.

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专业释义

毉葯科學

• (心髒等的)襍音 [亦作heart murmur]
• 吹氣音
• 襍音

語言學

• 弱元音；低語元音 [亦作murmur vowel]