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grumbling

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

怨声载道,埋怨,抱怨声,抱怨

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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

  • This is before my wife comes in and hijacks the radio to listen to the Rai 1 news bulletin, which always sets off grumbles about the Conte government.

  • Spall plays him brilliantly as a grumbling, grunting beast of a man whose sensitivity and kindness emerges slowly.

  • Now the grumbling is getting louder—and increasingly it focuses on the president himself.

  • Liberals have been grumbling for a while about the Obama administration.

  • Spitzer rolled his eyes at the interruption, grumbling a perfunctory “very funny.”

  • This came after months of grumbling about disappointing iPhone sales, and reports of a possibly too-small opening in China.

  • In spite of this there was no grumbling, and the men, as their general reported, pressed on with cries of "Vive la Rpublique!"

  • Meanwhile, both the disciples of Somers and the disciples of Trenchard were grumbling at Harley's resolution.

  • The owner of the slippers was folding the robe and laying it over the rail, and grumbling to himself all the while.

  • That was all the comfort she gave Norman, and she walked in to pour out a furious grumbling upon Margaret.

  • He came opposite, lurched almost on them, touched them with a groping hand and passed, grumbling.