grumbling

柯林斯詞典

grumble /?ɡr?mb?l/ (grumbling,grumbled,grumbles)

• 1. V-T/V-I If someone grumbles, they complain about something in a bad-tempered way. 抱怨

  They grumble about how hard they have to work. 他們抱怨自己工作得很辛苦。

  Taft grumbled that the law so favoured the criminal that trials seemed like a game of chance. 塔夫脫抱怨法律如此有利於罪犯，使得讅判看來像是一場(chǎng)運(yùn)氣的遊戯。

• 2. N-COUNT Grumble is also a noun. 抱怨

  My only grumble is that there isn't a non-smoking section. 我惟一的抱怨是這兒沒有無菸區(qū)。

• 3. V-I If something grumbles, it makes a low continuous sound. 隆隆作響[文學(xué)性]

  It was quiet now, the thunder had grumbled away to the west. 現(xiàn)在安靜了，雷聲已經(jīng)隆隆作響地傳到西邊了。

• 4. N-SING Grumble is also a noun. 隆隆響聲[usu N 'of' n]

  One could often hear, far to the east, the grumble of guns. 人們經(jīng)?？梢月牭皆谶h(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)的東邊有隆隆的槍砲聲。

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