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

• 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。
• In private, the grumbles are more pointed.
  私下的牢骚就更直率了。
• 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。
• Already you hear grumbles in Europe that the new president has little instinctive sympathy for or understanding of Europeans ( unlike that nice George W. Bush).
  你已经听到了欧洲的牢骚：说新总统对欧洲人缺乏本能的同情和理解（不像可亲的布什总统）。
• She always grumbles to me about how badly treated at work.
  她总是向我抱怨她在工作中如何被亏待。
• But its efforts to expand have led to grumbles in Europe about subsidies and a backlash in America against its opacity.
  但该公司在努力扩大规模这让欧洲方面有所怨言，称其存在不正常补贴；而美国也指责华为“不透明”。
• 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。
• Grumbles by institutional investors give regulators more excuse to get involved.
  机构投资者们喋喋不休的抱怨给了监管层更多的借口以介入暗盘交易。
• It is a good wife that never grumbles.
  再好的妻子也唠叨。
• She's tired of your unending grumbles.
  她厌倦了你那无休止的抱怨。