grumble
英 ['gr?mb(?)l]
美 ['ɡr?mbl]
- vi. 抱怨；嘟囔
- n. 怨言
- vt. 喃喃地說出
- adj. 抱怨地表示；嘟囔地說
助記提示
1. 擬聲詞, 咕噥咕噥什么。
2. 諧音“咕噥吧、哥rumble”
3. rumble => grumble.
4. 可看成是growl + rumble；幾乎等于rumble，象聲詞。
中文詞源
grumble 咕噥擬聲詞，模仿咕噥的聲音。比較grouch, grouse,grunt.
英文詞源
- grumble
- grumble: see grim
- grumble (v.)
- 1580s, "complain in a low voice;" 1590s, "make a low, rumbling sound," from Middle French grommeler "mutter between the teeth" or directly from Middle Dutch grommelen "murmur, mutter, grunt," from grommen "to rumble, growl." Imitative, or perhaps akin to grim (adj.). With excrescent -b- as in mumble. Related: Grumbled; grumbling.
- grumble (n.)
- 1620s, from grumble (v.).
雙語例句
- 1. My grumble is with the structure and organisation of the material.
- 我所不滿的是素材的結(jié)構(gòu)和組織。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. I shouldn't grumble about Mum — she's lovely really.
- 我不該抱怨媽媽——她真的很好。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. One could often hear, far to the east, the grumble of guns.
- 人們經(jīng)常能聽到從東邊很遠的地方傳來的隆隆槍炮聲。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. They knitted their brows and started to grumble.
- 他們皺著眉頭抱怨起來。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. I don't want to hear another grumble from you.
- 我不愿再聽到你的抱怨.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》