grumbles

英 [ˈɡrʌmblz]

美 [ˈɡrʌmblz]

v.  咕哝; 嘟囔; 发牢骚; 咕隆; 发轰隆声
grumble的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 抱怨；发牢骚
  If someonegrumbles, they complain about something in a bad-tempered way.
  1. I shouldn't grumble about Mum — she's lovely really...
     我不该抱怨妈妈——她真的很好。
  2. Taft grumbled that the law so favored the criminal that trials seemed like a game of chance...
     塔夫脱抱怨法律如此偏袒罪犯，审判看来像是一场碰运气的游戏。
  3. 'This is inconvenient,' he grumbled...
     “这不方便，”他抱怨道。
  4. It's simply not in her nature to grumble.
     怨天尤人根本就不是她的性格。
  5. Grumbleis also a noun.
     
  6. My grumble is with the structure and organisation of the material.
     我所不满的是素材的结构和组织。
• VERB 隆隆作响
  If somethinggrumbles, it makes a low continuous sound.
  1. It was quiet now, the thunder had grumbled away to the west...
     隆隆的雷声向西边传去，现在寂静下来了。
  2. The dogs made a noise, a rough, grumbling sound.
     这些狗发出刺耳的低吼声。
  3. Grumbleis also a noun.
     
  4. One could often hear, far to the east, the grumble of guns.
     人们经常能听到从东边很远的地方传来的隆隆枪炮声。

双语例句

• Why bother answering your grumbles and nonsense.
  干吗要听你那些牢骚和废话？
• But, Greenpeace grumbles, it is not sufficiently "precautionary" in other areas.
  但是“绿色和平组织”抱怨，诺基亚在其他领域“充分采取预防性措施”做得不够。
• It is a good horse that never stumbles; and a good wife that never grumbles.
  再好的马也会失蹄，再好的妻子也会唠叨。
• A Dutch friend of mine describes a meeting in which 10 Dutch executives speak English to accommodate a single Briton-who, my friend grumbles, sits there feeling superior.
  一位荷兰朋友跟我提起一次会议的情形：会上有10位荷兰高管，为了一位英国人，大家不得不讲英语。我这位朋友抱怨道，那个英国人带着优越感坐在那儿。
• I'm in the non-profit sector, grumbles one manager.
  我所在的是一个非盈利的部门一位经理抱怨道。
• Eat a good meal before you go to prevent tummy grumbles while you chat.
  去之前还要吃好饭，以免与雇主交谈时你的肚子饿得咕咕叫。
• "Beit Jala has lost half its land, central Bethlehem has lost a quarter, and Beit Sahour a third," grumbles one resident& a fair summary of recent changes in the city's boundaries.
  一位当地住民抱怨，“比特杰拉已经失去了一般土地，伯利恒中心区失去了四分之一，拜特萨霍也丢了三分之一”，这是最近城市边界变化公平的总结。
• In Hong Kong, there are growing grumbles from the indigenous Cantonese about the influx of mainland Chinese buyers.
  在香港，土生土长的本地人（主要是广东人）对不断涌入的大陆购房者越来越不满。
• She's tired of your unending grumbles.
  她厌倦了你那无休止的抱怨。
• He is glad of his pay very properly so and justly grumbles ④ when you keep him ten months without it; still, his main notion ⑤ of life is to win battles, not to be paid for winning them.
  他为自己的薪饷感到高兴&完全合乎情理；假如，你扣发他十个月军饷，他发牢骚理所应当。不过，他的人生主要目标仍然是打胜仗，并非为了薪饷而打胜仗。