| 释义 |
mumbler|ˈmʌmblə(r)|
[f. mumble v. + -er1.]
One who speaks indistinctly or in muffled tones.
1543Bale Yet a Course, etc. 88 b, Masse momblers, holye water swyngers [etc.]. a1550in Anglia (1903) Jan. 204 For a syngar,..Momelers, foreskippers, ouerskippers sunt tria mala. 1694Motteux Rabelais iv. lxiv. (1737) 260 Mumblers of Ave Marias. 1891Ch. Times 27 Nov. 1167/2 The mumblers, who think it a Catholic custom to make the Consecration inaudible. |