grumble是什么意思

双语例句

(1)The girl always grumbles about her job to me.

这个女孩总是向我抱怨她的工作。

(2)I'm tired of his endless grumble every day.

我厌倦了他每天无休止的抱怨。

(3)The machine was grumbling somewhere in the factory.

这台机器在工厂的某个地方发出低沉的隆隆声。

(4)She always grumbles that her boss gives her too much work.

她总是抱怨老板给她太多的工作

(5)Some people grumble that they distract him from evolving his music, but I personally love them!

有些人抱怨电影干扰了他的音乐发展，但我个人很喜欢！

(6)All he ever does is grumble about things.

他只会抱怨。

(7)My main grumble is about the lack of privacy.

我最大的抱怨是缺乏隐私。

(8)They grumble about how hard they have to work.

他们抱怨自己工作得很辛苦。

(9)My only grumble is that there isn't a non-smoking section.

我惟一的抱怨是这儿没有无烟区。

(10)For myself, I do not grumble, for I am one of the lucky ones.

对于我自己，我不抱怨，因为我是幸运的人之一。

同义词

vi. 抱怨；嘟囔

n. 怨言

vt. 喃喃地说出

同根词

词根 grumpy

(1)grumpy adj. 脾气暴躁的；性情乖戾的n. 脾气坏的人；爱抱怨的人

(2)grumbling adj. 出怨言的；喃喃鸣不平的

(3)grumbler n. 爱抱怨的人；发牢骚的人

单词辨析

抱怨；埋忽

(1)grumble 指因对处境、待遇不满或其他个人因素而愤愤不平地向他人诉苦或自言自语。

(2)complain 侧重因对处境不满、待遇不公或自己有痛苦等而向别人诉说、埋怨。

(3)murmur 多指因不满某人或某事而背着人自言自语地发怨言。

释义

v.

complain or protest about something in a bad-tempered but typically muted way

（尤指小声地）表示不满，抱怨，发牢骚；咕哝，嘟囔

[with clause]his father was grumbling that he hadn't heard a word from him

他父亲抱怨说没有收到他的一点儿音讯

[with obj.]he grumbled something about the decision being unnecessary.

他咕哝着说了些认为决定是多余的之类的话。

[no obj.]make a low rumbling sound

发低沉的轰隆声

thunder was grumbling somewhere in the distance.

远处雷声隆隆。

[no obj.](of an internal organ)give intermittent discomfort

（内脏）间歇性地闹病

[as adj. grumbling]a grumbling appendix.

时断时续地疼痛的阑尾。

n.

a complaint

抱怨，牢骚

the main grumble is that he spends too much time away.

主要的不满是他不在家的时间太多。

a low rumbling sound

低沉的轰隆声。

词源

"late 16th cent.: from obsolete grumme　（probably of Germanic origin and related to Dutch grommen） + -ＬＥ4．"