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。
• China has so far taken a pretty relaxed view of the foreigners 'grumbles.
  迄今为止，中国对外国友人的牢骚一直抱着相当宽容的态度。
• 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。
• Although no one else took an object off the tray, there were grumbles from the other participants.
  然而大家都没有从托盘上拿走东西，这时就有人开始发牢骚了。
• Take your grumbles to the boss, not to me.
  你有牢骚对老板去说，不要对我说。
• Germans moan about a dearth of engineers; Boeing grumbles about capacity constraints in the supply chain.
  德国在抱怨工程师短缺；波音（boeing）则抱怨供应链产能有限。
• 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。
• 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。
• Japanese business folk in China are not short of grumbles these days, what with the unpredictable officialdom, congested roads, soaring prices and thickening smog.
  在华日本商界人士近来一直在抱怨中国难以捉摸的官僚、拥堵的道路、飞涨的物价和越来越污浊的空气。
• 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。