groaning

FREQ #1968

n. 呻吟；活塞在气缸内的不正常声；哼声

发音

US /ˈɡɹoʊnɪŋ/
UK /ˈɡɹəʊnɪŋ/

词形变化

groanings 复数 groanings

别名

groanin'

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A low sound associated with extended suffering, sorrow, and toil.

  2. 2.

    Ellipsis of groaning time (“childbirth, labour”).

    废旧
v.
  1. 1.

    present participle and gerund of groan

adj.
  1. 1.

    That groans.

  2. 2.

    Heavily laden, as if to creak under the strain.

    比喻

    We sat down to a groaning table and feasted all evening.

相关短语

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词源

From Middle English gronynge (“groaning”), from Old English grānung; equivalent to groan + -ing. Conflated with Middle English gronende, present participle of gronen, from Old English grāniende, present participle of grānian (“to groan”). Analyzable as groan + -ing.

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