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groan

/grohn/US // groʊn //UK // (ɡrəʊn) //

呻吟声,呻吟,呻吟一声,哼哼

Related Words

sigh叹息,叹气,叹息声,叹口气grunt噜噜,呼噜声,咕噜声,噜噜声sob唏嘘,呜咽,啜泣,唏嘘不已whine发牢骚,抱怨,抱怨声,发牢骚的人grumble抱怨,咕哝,哼哼,叽叽喳喳cry哭,哭泣,哭声,呼叫murmur喃喃自语,喃喃细语,喃喃自语声,喃喃地说objection反对,反对意见,意见,反对声gripe抱怨,怨气,怨言,牢骚grouse松鸡,松鸡肉,石鸡,松鸡鸡lament哀叹,悲叹,感叹,悲哀object对象,物体,对象是,物件bemoan哀叹,叹息,抱怨,哀怨keen敏锐的,热情的,敏锐,热切的mumble喃喃自语,咕哝,喃喃,喃喃细语

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief: the groans of dying soldiers.
    • : a deep, inarticulate sound uttered in derision, disapproval, desire, etc.
    • : a deep grating or creaking sound due to a sudden or continued overburdening, as with a great weight: We heard the groan of the ropes as the crane lowered the heavy cargo into the ship's hold.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to utter a deep, mournful sound expressive of pain or grief.
    • : to make a deep, inarticulate sound expressive of derision, disapproval, desire, etc.
    • : to make a sound resembling a groan; resound harshly: The steps of the old house groaned under my weight.
    • : to be overburdened or overloaded.
    • : to suffer greatly or lamentably: groaning under an intolerable burden.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to utter or express with groans.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounmoan, complaint
Forms: groaned, groaning
Synonyms
grunt噜噜,呼噜声,咕噜声,噜噜声sigh叹息,叹气,叹息声,叹口气sob唏嘘,呜咽,啜泣,唏嘘不已whine发牢骚,抱怨,抱怨声,发牢骚的人cry哭,哭泣,哭声,呼叫gripe抱怨,怨气,怨言,牢骚grouse松鸡,松鸡肉,石鸡,松鸡鸡grumble抱怨,咕哝,哼哼,叽叽喳喳objection反对,反对意见,意见,反对声
verbmoan, complain
Forms: groaned, groaning
Synonyms
cry哭,哭泣,哭声,呼叫grumble抱怨,咕哝,哼哼,叽叽喳喳murmur喃喃自语,喃喃细语,喃喃自语声,喃喃地说sigh叹息,叹气,叹息声,叹口气bemoan哀叹,叹息,抱怨,哀怨gripe抱怨,怨气,怨言,牢骚grouse松鸡,松鸡肉,石鸡,松鸡鸡keen敏锐的,热情的,敏锐,热切的lament哀叹,悲叹,感叹,悲哀mumble喃喃自语,咕哝,喃喃,喃喃细语object对象,物体,对象是,物件whine发牢骚,抱怨,抱怨声,发牢骚的人

Examples

  • So if you get into this puritan mode that to survive we’re all going to have to shelter in place forever, it’s a groan from everybody.

  • Nocturnal grunts, gasps, and groans harmonized to sounds of crashing waves.

  • Mention “virtual class” and you can almost hear a collective groan reverberate through the internet.

  • Immediately following the groan of disappointment, a conspiracy of silence began.

  • Copper mining is the most toxic form of metal mining in the United States, but you can only moan and groan about it so much.

  • I've been going by this billboard almost daily for the best part of a month, and it still makes me laugh, and groan.

  • Sure, if Romney finishes below 40 percent the media will moan and groan that he failed to meet expectations.

  • When we hear a groan in the audience we know we did something right, because they get it.

  • The next moment a pistol was fired at their head, and a deep groan shewed it had taken too true an aim.

  • With a groan, wrung from the very depths of his heart, he tossed the man a gold-piece; another to the woman.

  • Tom sat down as he said this, and, uttering a sort of groan, leaned his back against a tree.

  • With a groan and a curse the guerrilla chieftain yielded himself a prisoner.

  • You must imagine this sound as something between a grunt and a groan, that the estimable lady gave vent to whenever put out.

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