Murmur



GRE 蓝宝 Barron 考研

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 柔声地说, 喃喃而言
• ［英］ v. 柔声地说, 喃喃而言 ( to express in murmurs)
• ［类］ glimmer : dazzle / murmur : resound ( 微光和强光 / 低声说和高声说) croon : sing / murmur : speak ( 低声唱和唱 / 低声说和说)
• ［记］ 象声词: mur－mur

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English murmure, from Anglo-French disturbance, from Latin murmur murmur, roar, of imitative origin
• Date: 14th century
• 1. a half-suppressed or muttered complaint ; grumbling
• 2.
  • a. a low indistinct but often continuous sound
  • b. a soft or gentle utterance
• 3. an atypical sound of the heart typically indicating a functional or structural abnormality

II. verb

• Date: 14th century
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to make a murmur <the breeze murmured in the pines>
  • 2. complain, grumble
• transitive verb
  • to say in a murmur
• ? murmurer noun

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