grumble
- IPA[ˈɡrəmb(ə)l]
美式
- complain about something in a bad-tempered way；make a low rumbling sound
- a complaint；a low rumbling sound
verb: grumble, 3rd person present: grumbles, gerund or present participle: grumbling, past tense: grumbled, past participle: grumbled
noun: grumble, plural noun: grumbles
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. complain about something in a bad-tempered way his father was grumbling that he hadn't heard from him 同義詞
- 2. make a low rumbling sound thunder was grumbling somewhere in the distance 同義詞
- 3. (of an internal organ) give intermittent discomfort my appendix grumbled for years before it finally got serious
名詞
- 1. a complaint the main grumble is that he spends too much time away 同義詞
- 2. a low rumbling sound in the distance, I heard a grumble of thunder 同義詞
- 更多解釋
- IPA[ˈɡrʌmbl]
英式
- complain about something in a bad-tempered way: ‘I'm getting old,’ she grumbled the cashier grumbled about changing Swiss money
- a complaint: the main grumble is that he spends too much time away
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