grunt

grunt
verb
  1. [no obj.](of an animal, especially a pig) make a low, short guttural sound
    （动物，尤指猪）发出呼噜声
    ■(of a person) make a low inarticulate sound resembling this, typically to express effort or indicate assent
    （人）发出咕噜声，发出哼声（通常表示用力或赞同时）
    Graham grunted and heaved as he helped the masons fit a huge slab of stone into place.
    格雷厄姆在帮石匠上一块大石板时因为用力而发出一声闷哼。
noun
  1. a low, short guttural sound made by an animal or a person
    （动物或人发出的）呼噜声，哼哼声
  2. (informal, chiefly N. Amer.)a low-ranking or unskilled soldier or other worker
    (非正式，主北美)普通士兵；普通工作人员
    he went from grunt to senior executive vice-president in less than five years.
    不到五年他便从一名普通工作人员升至高级执行副总裁。
    [as modifier]grunt work.
    普通工作。
  3. [mass noun](informal)power, especially that of a motor vehicle
    (非正式)（尤指机动车辆的）动力
    what the big wagon needs is grunt, and the turbo does the business.
    大货车需要的是动力，而提供动力的是涡轮机。
  4. an edible shoaling fish of tropical inshore waters and coral reefs, able to make a loud noise by grinding its teeth and amplifying the sound in the swim bladder
    石鲈鱼
  5. Family Pomadasyidae: numerous genera and species
    石鲈科：众多属，众多种
语源
  1. Old English grunnettan, of Germanic origin and related to German grunzen; probably originally imitative
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