grumble

C1 大学 FREQ #27371 ★☆☆☆☆

n. 怨言, 满腹牢骚 vi. 抱怨, 发牢骚, 发隆隆声 vt. 抱怨

发音

US /ˈɡɹʌmbl̩/

词形变化

grumbles 复数 grumbles grumbled grumbles 三单 grumblest grumbleth grumbling grumbling 现在分词 grumbled 过去式 grumbled 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

怨言

动词

抱怨；嘟囔

动词

喃喃地说出

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A high thundering, rumbling or growling sound.

  2. 2.

    The sound made by a hungry stomach.

  3. 3.

    A surly complaint.

    That whiner is never without a grumble to share.

v. C1
  1. 1.

    To make a low, growling or rumbling noise, like a hungry stomach or certain animals.

    不及物

    The distant thunder grumbles.

  2. 2.

    To complain; to murmur or mutter with discontent; to make ill-natured complaints in a low voice and a surly manner.

    不及物

    He grumbles about the food constantly, but has yet to learn to cook.

  3. 3.

    To utter in a grumbling fashion.

    及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 7

rumbling murmuring muttering rumble grumbling murmur mutter

上位词 2

noise complaint
动词

同义词 8

scold growl rumble murmur croak grouch mutter gnarl

上位词 10

go sound kick plain complain utter emit let out kvetch quetch

相关短语

mustn't grumble

词源

Probably from Middle French grommeler, from Old French grumeler (“to murmur, grumble”), from Middle Dutch *grommelen ("to murmur, mutter, grunt"; > Modern Dutch grommelen (“to grumble”)), frequentative of Middle Dutch grommen (“to growl, grunt”). Cognate with Middle Low German grummelen (> Low German grummeln (“to grumble”)), German grummeln (“to grumble”), Norwegian dialectal grymja (“to growl, grunt”).

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