grumble

['grʌmbl]

v.发牢骚, 抱怨, 轰鸣
n.怨言, 牢骚, 轰隆声

vi.

1. 抱怨, 发牢骚[(+at/about/over)]

But there is no use in grumbling.

可抱怨有什么用呢。

2. 咕哝; 发哼声; 发轰隆声

vt.

埋怨; 对……表示不满[(+out)]

He grumbled out his reasons for refusing the command.

他生气地说出拒绝执行该项命令的理由。

n.

1. 怨言, 牢骚[C]

She is full of grumbles.

她牢骚满腹。

2. 轰隆声[the S]

词形变化

形容词: grumbly | 副词: grumblingly | 名词: grumbler | 动词过去式: grumbled | 动词过去分词: grumbled | 动词现在分词: grumbling | 动词第三人称单数: grumbles |

词义辨析

同义:

vt.vi.抱怨

complain  mutter  

同义参见:

kick  snarl  grouch  complaint  squawk  growl  gripe  kick  

英英释义

名词 grumble:

a loud low dull continuous noise

同义词：rumble, rumbling, grumbling

a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone

同义词：grumbling, murmur, murmuring, mutter, muttering

动词 grumble:

show one's unhappiness or critical attitude

同义词：grouch, scold

make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath

同义词：murmur, mutter, croak, gnarl

to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds

同义词：growl, rumble

make a low noise

同义词：rumble

补充

grumblegrumble英:[ˈɡrʌmbl] 美:[ˈɡrʌmbəl]vi.1.抱怨, 发牢骚Why grumble at me about your own stupid mistakes?你自己犯了愚蠢的错误, 为什么向我抱怨?2.咕哝, 发哼声n.1.抱怨, 牢骚I don't want to hear another grumble from you.我不愿再听到你的抱怨。2.咕哝, 隆隆声

例句

1. It was quiet now, the thunder had grumbled away to the west.隆隆的雷声已向西边传去, 现在寂静下来了。 2. It's simply not in her nature to grumble.发牢骚可不是她的本性。 3. The taxi driver was grumbling about the lack of business.出租车司机在抱怨生意冷清。 4. Women grumble about inequalities in the workplace.女人们抱怨工作场所中的不平等。 5. I shouldn't grumble about Mum. She's lovely really.我不该抱怨妈妈。她真的很好。 6. 'This is most inconvenient,' he grumbled.“这太不方便了。”他埋怨道。 7. A tourist grumbled that the waiter spoke too much Spanish.一位游客埋怨服务员说西班牙语太多。 8. My grumble is with the structure and organization of the material.我不满的是题材的结构和组织。 9. Its high price has brought grumbles from some customers.它高昂的价格引来一些顾客的怨言。 10. One could often hear, far to the east, the grumble of guns.人们经常能听到从东边很远的地方传来的隆隆枪炮声。 11. She is always grumbling!她总是喃喃诉苦! 12. Taxpayers are grumbling about the waste of government money,as usual.纳税人又像往常一样抱怨政府浪费钱财。 13. Thunder grumbled in the distance.远处雷声隆隆。 14. He grumbled out his reasons from disliking the arrangement.他嘟囔着说出了他不喜欢这个安排的理由。 15. [no obj.]the cashier grumbled about changing Swiss money.他父亲抱怨着没有收到他的音讯。 16. [with clause]his father was grumbling that he hadn't heard a word from him.他咕哝着说了些认为决定是多余的之类的话。 17. thunder was grumbling somewhere in the distance.远处雷声隆隆。 18. [as adj. grumbling]a grumbling appendix.时断时续地疼痛的阑尾。 19. 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。 20. The students were always grumbling about the standard of the food.学生老在埋怨伙食差。 21. There's been a lot of grumbling among the employees.员工中一直有不少牢骚。 22. Some of the customers have been grumbling about poor service.有些顾客一直抱怨服务质量差。 23. Fans grumbled about the team's poor play.球迷们抱怨球队表现差。 24. “When are we going to leave?” he grumbled.“我们什么时候离开？”他嘟哝道。 25. His stomach was grumbling.他的肚子饿得咕咕叫。 26. We could hear thunder grumbling in the distance.我们能听见远处的隆隆雷声。 27. We could hear the grumble of thunder in the distance.我们能听见远处的雷声隆隆。 28. He tries to ignore the grumblers and just do his job.他尽量不理睬别人的抱怨，只是干本职工作。 29. Your grumbling needs to stop.你不要再抱怨了。