grunt

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vi. 作呼噜声 vt. 咕哝 n. 呼噜声, 咕哝

发音

US /ɡɹʌnt/
其它 /ɡɹʊnt/

词形变化

grunts 复数 grunts grunted grunting grunts 三单 grunting 现在分词 grunted 过去式 grunted 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

咕哝；呼噜声

动词

咕哝着说

动词

作呼噜声；发哼声

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A short snorting sound, often to show disapproval, or used as a reply when one is reluctant to speak.

  2. 2.

    The snorting cry of a pig.

  3. 3.

    Any fish of the perciform family Haemulidae.

  4. 4.

    A person who does ordinary and boring work.

  5. 5.

    An infantry soldier.

    美国 俚语 政治 军事
  6. 6.

    The amount of power of which a vehicle is capable.

    俚语
  7. 7.

    A dessert of steamed berries and dough, usually blueberries; blueberry grunt.

    加拿大 美国
v.
  1. 1.

    To make a grunt or grunts.

    不及物
  2. 2.

    To make a grunt or grunts.

    不及物
  3. 3.

    To break wind; to fart.

    英国 不及物 俚语

    Who just grunted?

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

oink

上位词 3

noise percoid unskilled person

下位词 8

margate cottonwick hogfish pigfish pompon porkfish sailor's-choice tomtate
动词

上位词 4

utter emit let out let loose

相关短语

grunt work n. 简单的, 枯燥乏味的工作, 会使人感到非常疲劳的繁重的体力劳动。 grunt level grunt-level death grunt Margaret grunt margate grunt

词源

From Middle English grunten, from Old English grunnettan (“to grunt”), from Proto-West Germanic *grunnattjan, from Proto-Germanic *grunnatjaną (“to grunt”), frequentative of Proto-Germanic *grunnōną (“to grunt”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrun- (“to shout”). Cognate with German grunzen (“to grunt”), Danish grynte (“to grunt”). The noun senses are all instances of zero derivation from the verb.

来源：wiktionary