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单词 grumble
释义
grumble
verb[I]
uk
/ˈɡrʌm.bəl/us
/ˈɡrʌm.bəl/
tocomplainabout someone or something in anannoyedway:
发牢骚，抱怨，嘟囔
Shespenttheeveninggrumbling to meaboutherjob.她一晚上都在向我抱怨她的工作。
[+ speech]"You neverhangyourcoatup," she grumbled.“你就从来不会把外套挂起来。”她埋怨道。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
to say something is not right or satisfactory
  • complainI hate to complain, but the film was terrible.
  • grumbleShe's always grumbling about something.
  • whineI hope you don't think I'm just whining.
  • kvetchStop kvetching about it!
  • make a fussIf the food doesn't come soon, I'm going to make a fuss.
  • file a complaintI've filed a complaint with the police about the noise.
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Ifyourstomachgrumbles, it makes alow,continuousnoise, usually because you arehungry.
（通常因为饿而）肚子咕咕叫
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Complaining
  • be/go on atsomeoneidiom
  • bellyaching
  • bewail
  • brouhaha
  • bugger, sod, etc. this for a lark!idiom
  • complain
  • complaining
  • create/kick up/raise a stinkidiom
  • gnashing of teethidiom
  • grouch
  • lodge
  • mutter
  • nark
  • raise a rumpusidiom
  • rumpus
  • squawk
  • start on atsomeone
  • vituperation
  • whinging
  • whiny
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Noises made by the body

Related word

grumbler

Idiom

mustn't grumble
grumble
noun[Cusually plural]
uk
/ˈɡrʌm.bəl/us
/ˈɡrʌm.bəl/
acomplaint:
（同 complaint）
When theteacherassignedextrahomework, shehearda few grumbles from thekids.要是再让我听到你抱怨饭不好吃，你就自己做！
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Complaining
  • be/go on atsomeoneidiom
  • bellyaching
  • bewail
  • brouhaha
  • bugger, sod, etc. this for a lark!idiom
  • complain
  • complaining
  • create/kick up/raise a stinkidiom
  • gnashing of teethidiom
  • grouch
  • lodge
  • mutter
  • nark
  • raise a rumpusidiom
  • rumpus
  • squawk
  • start on atsomeone
  • vituperation
  • whinging
  • whiny
See more results »
(Definition ofgrumblefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

grumble| American Dictionary

grumble
verb[I]
us
/ˈɡrʌm·bəl/
tocomplainin anannoyedway:
There’s nopointin grumbling about thehotel– we’re only here for onenight.
(Definition ofgrumblefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgrumble

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They grumbled about supervisors, poor wages, long hours, bad work rules and dozens of other issues.
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The voters, for all their grumbles, know on which side their bread is buttered.
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I am not grumbling, but many people who share a party line complain of the tremendous inconvenience this causes.
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They were always grumbling about what was being done, and that the country was going to be ruined.
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The consumers grumbled and complained of exorbitant prices charged for food stuff.
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We shall be taken by surprise again; we shall again have nothing in preparation and shall again be grumbling that the weather is abnormal.
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An annual debate is inevitably a chance to air one or two grumbles.
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There was a great deal of grumbling when my right honourable friend did that.
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I hear scarcely a word of grumbling about that.
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I am told that she grumbled in private about the change in direction.
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One hardly ever hears of a clerk grumbling or growling, although sometimes they may have said that they really cannot undertake any more work.
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If it grumbles at those costs, what are the costs of nearly 4 million unemployed pressing down on industry?
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If, then, all farmers would take an interest in the welfare of their men, as the best farmers do, there would be much less grumbling.
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Now they are grumbling about having to pay for it.
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I believe that patriotism will guide them in this matter, and that without grumbling they are prepared to take their share of responsibility.
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