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新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

grumble

英  [ˈɡrʌmbəl]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词

  • grumbles

    1. [C 可数名词] 抱怨

    A grumble is a complaint.

    双语例句

    例：

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

    我唯一的抱怨是这儿没有无烟区。

    2. [SING 单数型名词] 隆隆响声

    A grumble is a low, continuous sound.

    双语例句

    例：

    One could often hear, far to the east, the grumble of guns.

    人们经常可以听到从东边远远地传来隆隆的枪炮声。

    VERB. 动词

  • grumbles , grumbling , grumbled

    1. [I 不及物动词] 抱怨

    If someone grumbles, they complain about something in a bad-tempered way.

    近义词

    moan

    双语例句

    例：

    They grumble about how hard they have to work.

    他们抱怨自己工作得很辛苦。

    例：

    Taft grumbled that the law so favoured the criminal that trials seemed like a game of chance.

    塔夫脱抱怨法律如此偏袒罪犯，使得审判看来像是一场靠运气的游戏。

    2. [I 不及物动词] 隆隆作响

    If something grumbles, it makes a low continuous sound.

    双语例句

    例：

    It was quiet now, the thunder had grumbled away to the west.

    现在安静了，雷声已经隆隆地传到西边了。

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