grumble
英 ['grʌmb(ə)l]
美 ['ɡrʌmbl]
- vi. 抱怨；嘟囔
- n. 怨言
- vt. 喃喃地说出
- adj. 抱怨地表示；嘟囔地说
助记提示
1. 拟声词, 咕哝咕哝什么。
2. 谐音“咕哝吧、哥rumble”
3. rumble => grumble.
4. 可看成是growl + rumble；几乎等于rumble，象声词。
中文词源
grumble 咕哝拟声词，模仿咕哝的声音。比较grouch, grouse,grunt.
英文词源
- 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.).
双语例句
- 1. My grumble is with the structure and organisation of the material.
- 我所不满的是素材的结构和组织。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. I shouldn't grumble about Mum — she's lovely really.
- 我不该抱怨妈妈——她真的很好。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. They knitted their brows and started to grumble.
- 他们皱着眉头抱怨起来。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. I don't want to hear another grumble from you.
- 我不愿再听到你的抱怨.
来自《简明英汉词典》