Mumbling

(noun.) ineffectual chewing (as if without teeth).

(noun.) indistinct enunciation.

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• Again, I listen to Miss Murdstone mumbling the responses, and emphasizing all the dread words with a cruel relish. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• The old man mumbling to himself, after some consideration, that Fanny had run away, went to the next room to fetch her back. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Well, the lady can't deny that it's a handsome arrangement, Mr. Letterblair had summed up, after mumbling over a summary of the settlement. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.

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