| 单词 |
mamble |
| 释义 |
mamble, v. Obs. exc. dial.|ˈmæmb(ə)l| Also 3–4 mamel. [ME. mamelen, possibly repr. an OE. *mamelian = OHG. mammalôn to stammer, mutter, mod. Ger. dial. memmeln to mutter, also to chew slowly; an onomatopœic formation with frequentative suffix -le: cf. mammer, mumble vbs.] 1. intr. To mumble or mutter; to chatter.
c1275Prov. Alfred 492 in O. E. Misc. 132 Þanne mud mamelit more þanne hit solde. 1377Langl. P. Pl. B. v. 21 Of þis matere I myȝte mamely ful longe. Ibid. xi. 408 Adam..when he mameled aboute mete and entermeted to knowe Þe wisdom and þe witte of god he was put fram blisse. 2. To eat lazily.
a1825Forby Voc. E. Anglia, Mamble v., to eat with seeming indifference, as if from want of appetite. |

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