2[intransitiveI]DNC to make a soft low sound 发出轻柔低沉的声音
The wind murmured through the trees.
风在林间低语。
3.[intransitiveI + against] literary especially British EnglishBrECOMPLAIN to complain to friends and people you work with, but not officially 〔向朋友和同事〕私下抱怨,发牢骚
—murmuring noun [countableC, uncountableU]
murmurings of discontent
不满的抱怨
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murmur• She heard the priestmurmuring a prayer at the front of the church.• I murmured a prayer of thanks.• He didn't murmur a singleword of protest.• David woke and heard them murmuring down on the groundfloor - the sound of a cocktailparty.• He began stroking her hair and gently murmuring her name.• He shook Wynne-Jones who murmured in his sleep, then began to weep.• He murmured something, but she did not catch the words.• The child murmured something in its sleep.• The windmurmured through the trees.
2COMPLAINa complaint, but not a strong or official complaint 私下的抱怨,怨言,咕哝
murmur of
There have been murmurs of discontent over the new rules.
对新的规则已有一些不满的言论。
3do something without a murmurto do something without complaining, especially when this is surprising 一声不吭 [毫无抱怨]地做某事
They signed the form without a murmur.
他们二话不说就在表格上签了名。
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do something without a murmur• And although we might challenge their right to run our lives we often let them run our language without a murmur.• Of the Tuscan towns, Amelia and Otricoli were the only ones to acceptpapaldomination without a murmur.• One slip, and it would sweep you away without a murmur or a cry.• She left without a murmur although she had only a year and a half to go to complete her secondaryeducation.• She took the punishmentsmeted out to her without a murmur.• The door was ajar and opened without a murmur.
4DNCthe soft low sound made by water, the wind etc 〔水、风等发出的〕低沉的声音,轻柔的声音
the murmur of the little brook
小溪淙淙的流水声
5.MICheart murmur an unusual sound made by the heart, which shows that there may be something wrong with it 心脏杂音
murmur of agreement/surprise/regret etc• This caused a murmur of surprise amongst the onlookers.• There was a murmur of surprise and enthusiasm in the hall.• Once again the information that Elisa was living in a pensione provokedmurmurs of surprise.• When he spoke, the others confined themselves to murmurs of agreement.