Grumble
['grʌmb(ə)l] or ['ɡrʌmbl]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone.
(verb.) to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds; 'he grumbled a rude response'; 'Stones grumbled down the cliff'.
海勒姆手打--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. i.) To murmur or mutter with discontent; to make ill-natured complaints in a low voice and a surly manner.
(v. i.) To growl; to snarl in deep tones; as, a lion grumbling over his prey.
(v. i.) To rumble; to make a low, harsh, and heavy sound; to mutter; as, the distant thunder grumbles.
(v. t.) To express or utter with grumbling.
(n.) The noise of one that grumbles.
(n.) A grumbling, discontented disposition.
博比編輯
同義詞及近義詞：
v. n. [1]. Complain, murmur, repine, croak, find fault.[2]. Growl, snarl, gnarl.[3]. Rumble, roar.
朱厄尔錄入
同義詞及反義詞：
[See GROWL]
整理:威尔伯
解釋/意思:
v.i. to murmur with discontent: to growl: to rumble.—n. the act of grumbling.—ns. Grum′bler; Grumbletō′nian one of the country party as opposed to the court party after 1689.—adv. Grum′blingly.
伊夫林整理
例句/造句/用法:
- Nay, said the Knight, an he have the gift of showing my road, I shall not grumble with him that he desires to make it pleasant. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- I've heard you often enough, mother, grumble at the English Sunday when we've been in London. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- It's all very fine,' Lavinia began to grumble, when Mrs Wilfer repeated: 'Hold! 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Never mind the commoners, whom we will leave to grumble anonymously. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- I will never grumble on that subject again. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- But she says it has been a hard week for her, so we mustn't grumble but take care of ourselves. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- Let them but once clearly perceive that its grand principle is to make business for itself at their expense, and surely they will cease to grumble. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- When I was at home, and only knew what it was to be poor, I grumbled but didn't so much mind. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- In secret, too, grumbled the gaoler, looking at the written paper. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- I don't see why,' grumbled the son. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- It will hardly be enough to pay the inn bill, grumbled the Guardsman. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- The black grumbled something that I could not understand, and then I heard him unlocking the door into one of the other cells on the further side. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- At least Mr. Crawley grumbled a good deal about paying half as much to Miss Hester for her constant attendance upon the Baronet his father. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- This lamp is smoking again; I should think the servants might see that it's kept properly trimmed, he grumbled nervously. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- However, this was as good a road as we had found in Palestine, and possibly even the best, and so there was not much grumbling. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- I have not been in town half-a-dozen hours, and those I have been dozing and grumbling away at the play. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- I should hear less grumbling when my tithe is paid. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- She was speaking, but I could not hear what she said, nor could I make out the low grumbling of his reply. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- It won't do to begin making a fuss about one, said Mr. Vincy, wishing to combine a little grumbling with domestic cheerfulness. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- It appears to me,' said Mr Boffin, grumbling over the fire in an injured manner, 'that the right is with me, if it's anywhere. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Fortifying himself with this assurance, Sikes drained the glass to the bottom, and then, with many grumbling oaths, called for his physic. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- She grumbles so much about the stairs at Heston; and the girl is to have that sloping attic over your room and mamma's. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
編輯:西娅