grumble
grumble
verb
grumbler
noun
grumblingly
adverb
grumbly
adjective
语源
verb
- [reporting verb]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
[no obj.]the cashier grumbled about changing Swiss money.
他父亲抱怨着没有收到他的音讯。
[with clause]his father was grumbling that he hadn't heard a word from him.
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。
- 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
grumbler
noun
grumblingly
adverb
grumbly
adjective
语源
- late 16th cent.: from obsolete grumme (probably of Germanic origin and related to Dutch grommen) + -le
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