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

• Often when a man grumbles he is in the process of saying yes to your request.
  有时，男人抱怨是因他正想答应你的要求。
• Overtime and a wide mismatch between low salaries and high housing costs were also grumbles.
  员工们的抱怨还有加班和低工资与高房价间的巨大差距。
• But although there were grumbles about its competence, the TSE retained its dominant position in the Japanese market.
  不过，尽管市场对其能力多有抱怨之声，但东京证交所在日本市场仍保持着主导地位。
• Yet the more cosmetic Olympic measures have also prompted grumbles from residents of a city that in many places lacks safe drinking water and effective sanitation.
  然而，在这个许多地方缺乏安全饮用水和有效卫生设施的城市，为举办奥运会所做的美化措施也引起了一些市民的不满。
• "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。
• 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。
• Take your grumbles to the boss, not to me.
  你有牢骚对老板去说，不要对我说。
• If I hear any more grumbles about the food, you can learn to cook yourself.
  如果再让我听见对食物的抱怨，你可以自己去学烹饪了。
• 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 is the one who grumbles.
  她就是常常发牢骚的那个。