mumble
意味
- …をもぐもぐ言う
- もぐもぐ言う《+away》
例文
Yumi occasionally mumbles weird things.
由美って、時々変なこと呟くのよ。
"Hrmm," mumbled Professor Takeda as he twisted his moustache.
「ふむ」 武田先生は口ひげを捻りながらうなった。
I heard him mumble to himself.
私は彼がぶつぶつ独り言をいうのを聞いた。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English momelen, a frequentative of mum (sense 3) (“silent”). Compare German mümmeln, Middle Dutch mommelen and Dutch mompelen. Perhaps related to Norwegian Nynorsk mumpa (“to gum, to chew without teeth”).