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单词 growl
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growl
verb[I]
uk
/ɡraʊl/us
/ɡraʊl/
to make alow,roughsound, usually inanger:
（通常指因为愤怒）发出低沉的吼叫，咆哮
Thedoggrowledather andsnappedat herankles.那条狗咆哮着在她脚踝上咬了一口。
[+ speech]"Not now, I'mbusy," he growled.“现在不行，我忙着呢，”他吼道。
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Becoming angry and expressing anger
growl
noun[C]
uk
/ɡraʊl/us/ɡraʊl/
along,lowsound, like thethreateningsoundmade by adog:
Thedogeyedmesuspiciouslyand gave alowgrowl.
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  • Cameras andcrowdsrespondto him because he comesfullytolifebefore anaudience, hislowgrowlblossominginto an orotundbaritone.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Animal (non-human) sounds
  • baa
  • bark
  • bleat
  • buzzy
  • caterwauling
  • chatter
  • cockcrow
  • coo
  • cry
  • hee-haw
  • honk
  • howling
  • miaow
  • peep
  • purr
  • quack
  • squeak
  • trill
  • trumpet
  • warble
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Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
Sounds made by humans with their mouths
(Definition ofgrowlfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
growl
verb[I]
uk
/ɡraʊl/us
/ɡraʊl/
to make alow,roughsound, usually inanger
（通常指因为愤怒）发出低沉的吼叫，咆哮
Thedoggrowledather andsnappedat herankles.那条狗咆哮着在她脚踝上咬了一口。
[+ speech]"Not now, I'mbusy," he growled.“现在不行，我忙着呢，”他吼道。

growl| American Dictionary

growl
verb[I]
us
/ɡrɑʊl/
to make alow,roughsound, usually inanger:
Thedoggrowled at her.
Ifyourstomachgrowls, it is making alow,continuousnoisebecause you arehungry.

growl

noun[C]us
/ɡrɑʊl/
Ihearda growloutsideourtent, andprayedthat whatever was out there would go away.
(Definition ofgrowlfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgrowl

growl
The man eating spaghetti growled.
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I was about to talk about the dog barking or growling.
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In the name of common sense why are they growling now because they are earning more?
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I can well remember the angry growls which arose on the benches round him when he said it.
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Our west highland terrier, which was at her side, growled and showed her teeth.
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However, a doctrinal objection to all intervention—reflected by the primitive growls which greeted my earlier question—is wholly impracticable.
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I can assure him that my growls are the most private parts of our con- versation.
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There has certainly been a continuous series of these audible growls during the present debate.
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In these matters every member of the public has his own personal experience and growls upon these subjects.
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A dog normally gives a warning sign when it is about to attack someone—for example, the milkman or the coalman—by growling or barking.
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I believe that every duke that makes a speech and grumbles and growls against this tax is worth several thousand votes each time to the other side.
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Apart from a few half-hearted growls.
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What are you growling about, then?
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I am not growling about it.
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Additionally, saxophonics often entails the use of altissimo, overtones, growling, and other extended techniques.
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