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词典释义:
grumble
时间: 2023-09-08 18:20:03
六级考博雅思托福GRE
英 [ˈɡrʌmbl]
美 [ˈɡrʌmbl]

v. 表示不满;抱怨;发牢骚;咕哝;嘟囔;发低沉的轰隆声;间歇性地闹病

n. 抱怨;牢骚;低沉的轰隆声

双语例句
  • The girl always grumbles about her job to me.

    这个女孩总是向我抱怨她的工作。

  • I'm tired of his endless grumble every day.

    我厌倦了他每天无休止的抱怨。

  • The machine was grumbling somewhere in the factory.

    这台机器在工厂的某个地方发出低沉的隆隆声。

  • She always grumbles that her boss gives her too much work.

    她总是抱怨老板给她太多的工作

  • Some people grumble that they distract him from evolving his music, but I personally love them!

    有些人抱怨电影干扰了他的音乐发展,但我个人很喜欢!

  • All he ever does is grumble about things.

    他只会抱怨。

  • My main grumble is about the lack of privacy.

    我最大的抱怨是缺乏隐私。

  • They grumble about how hard they have to work.

    他们抱怨自己工作得很辛苦。

  • My only grumble is that there isn't a non-smoking section.

    我惟一的抱怨是这儿没有无烟区。

  • For myself, I do not grumble, for I am one of the lucky ones.

    对于我自己,我不抱怨,因为我是幸运的人之一。

近义词
vt.
同根词

词根 grumpy

  • grumpy adj. 脾气暴躁的;性情乖戾的 n. 脾气坏的人;爱抱怨的人

  • grumbling adj. 出怨言的;喃喃鸣不平的

  • grumbler n. 爱抱怨的人;发牢骚的人

单词辨析
  • 抱怨;埋忽

    grumble指因对处境、待遇不满或其他个人因素而愤愤不平地向他人诉苦或自言自语。

    complain侧重因对处境不满、待遇不公或自己有痛苦等而向别人诉说、埋怨。

    murmur多指因不满某人或某事而背着人自言自语地发怨言。

释义
v.

complain or protest about something in a bad-tempered but typically muted way

(尤指小声地)表示不满,抱怨,发牢骚;咕哝,嘟囔

  • [with clause]his father was grumbling that he hadn't heard a word from him

    他父亲抱怨说没有收到他的一点儿音讯

  • [with obj.]he grumbled something about the decision being unnecessary.

    他咕哝着说了些认为决定是多余的之类的话。

[no obj.]make a low rumbling sound

发低沉的轰隆声

  • thunder was grumbling somewhere in the distance.

    远处雷声隆隆。

[no obj.](of an internal organ)give intermittent discomfort

(内脏)间歇性地闹病

  • [as adj. grumbling]a grumbling appendix.

    时断时续地疼痛的阑尾。

n.

a complaint

抱怨,牢骚

  • the main grumble is that he spends too much time away.

    主要的不满是他不在家的时间太多。

a low rumbling sound

低沉的轰隆声。

词源

"late 16th cent.: from obsolete grumme (probably of Germanic origin and related to Dutch grommen) + -LE4."

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