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grumble

/gruhm-buhl/US // ˈgrʌm bəl //UK // (ˈɡrʌmbəl) //

抱怨,咕哝,哼哼,叽叽喳喳

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
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    grum·bled, grum·bling.

    • : to murmur or mutter in discontent; complain sullenly: Tim always found something to grumble about.
    • : to utter low, indistinct sounds; growl: Suddenly I heard my stomach grumble, and realized I hadn't had any lunch.
    • : to rumble: The thunder grumbled in the west.
v.有主动词 verb
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    grum·bled, grum·bling.

    • : to express or utter with murmuring or complaining.
n.名词 noun
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    • : an expression of discontent; complaint; unhappy murmur; growl.
    • : grumbles, a grumbling, discontented mood.
    • : a rumble.

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Examples

  • But Google grumble grumble makes me compose new messages in a tiny window, you say.

  • But grumble grumble sometimes my messages get sorted into the wrong folders.

  • But grumble grumble Google just forced this upon me without asking, you say.

  • So for now, the movies are about more, even if many of us will grumble about Les Miz's running time on the way out of the theater.

  • Yes, Republicans grumble (rightly) against the Obama green-energy subsidies.

  • He had transferred himself to the buggy with a grumble of disgust, and begged her to come for him early in the morning.

  • In any case my conscience will be clear, and I shall no longer have any right to grumble at my lot.

  • "No wonder things git pindlin' under this old locust-tree," Sophy heard him grumble.

  • Gradually the relaxing steam-radiators began to grunt and grumble into a chill quietude.

  • By the marauders it was looked upon as a grand frolic, and owners of missing mats and deluged yards might grumble as they pleased.