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. 低语；低语声；低声抱怨；潺潺声
• vi. 低声说；私下抱怨；发出轻柔持续的声音
• vt. 低声说

词源解说

• 14世纪晚期进入英语，直接源自古法语的murmure，意为低沉地说。

词根记忆

• “嬷嬷”→老嬷嬷上了年纪，口齿不清，喃喃自语→小声说

同根派生

• adj性质的同根词

  murmuring：抱怨的；发出潺潺之声的。

  murmurous：沙沙的；窃窃私语的；轻微骚动的。

• n性质的同根词

  murmuring：抱怨的声音；喃喃的声音。

• v性质的同根词

  murmuring：低声抱怨；沙沙响（murmur的ing形式）。

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英汉例句

用作名词 (n.)

• There was a murmur of conversation in the room.
  屋里传来一阵轻轻的谈话声。

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词: S+～(+A)

• The wind murmured in the trees.
  风在林中低鸣。

用作及物动词: S+～+ n./pron.

• The child murmured something in his sleep.
  那孩子在睡梦中喃喃地说着什么。

S+～+that-clause

• He leant towards me and murmured that he had to leave.
  他靠近我并小声告诉我他要离开。

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词组短语

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

短语

• cardiac murmur [临床]心脏杂音;[临床]心杂音;心脏杂音的传导;心脏杂音
• vascular murmur 血管杂音

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英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• (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

医药科学

• (心脏等的)杂音 [亦作heart murmur]
• 吹气音
• 杂音

语言学

• 弱元音；低语元音 [亦作murmur vowel]