rumble
verb
uk/ˈrʌm.bəl/us/ˈrʌm.bəl/rumbleverb(SOUND)
[I]
to make acontinuouslowsound:
发出隆隆声；发出辘辘声；发出低沉连续的响声Pleaseexcusemystomachrumbling - I haven'teatenallday.不好意思，我肚子在咕咕叫——我一整天都没吃东西了。
Thunder rumbled in thedistance.雷声在远处隆隆作响。
Convoys oftanksrumbled(=movedwhile rumbling)through thecitystreets.坦克车队隆隆驶过城市街道。
Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
- babble
- blaze
- chuff
- clatter
- click away
- clicker
- clinking
- clunk
- crump
- growl
- gunshot
- hiss
- jangling
- pip
- plunk
- scrunch
- sonic boom
- tick
- white noise
- whoosh
rumbleverb(DISCOVER)
[Tusually passive]UKinformal
todiscoverthetruefactsabout someone or somethingsecretand oftenillegal:
发现，察觉，看穿（某人的秘密或非法事情的真相）Hisbosseventuallyrumbled him, and he wassacked.他的老板最终看穿了他，把他解雇了。
Finding and discovering
- a fishing expeditionidiom
- ascertain
- break (fresh/new) groundidiom
- breakthrough
- bringsomethingto lightidiom
- catchsomeonered-handedidiom
- finding
- flushsomeone/somethingout
- fossick
- found
- pinpoint
- pull
- putsomeoneontosomething
- putyourfinger onsomethingidiom
- rake
- rakesomethingout
- red-handed
- sniff
- suss
- uncover
rumbleverb(FIGHT)
[I]Australian Englishinformal
to takepartin aphysicalfight
打架；打群架Fighting
- a fight to the finishidiom
- bellicosity
- blood diamond
- blow
- boots on the groundidiom
- call to arms
- combat
- come close to blowsidiom
- conflict diamond
- engagement
- grapple
- rout
- scrimmage
- shootout
- skirmish
- stoush
- tangle
- tangle withsomeone
- tilt
- turf war
Phrasal verb
rumble on
rumble
noun[C]
uk/ˈrʌm.bəl/us/ˈrʌm.bəl/rumblenoun[C](SOUND)
acontinuouslowsound:
We couldhearthe rumbleofdistantguns/thunder.
Theyheardalowrumble andwatchedtheskydarken.
- Hefeltthefloorshakeunder him andheardanominousrumble.
- The firstsignof a night-timesnowfallwas that theincessanttrafficrumblesoftened.
- Sheheardthe rumble of an Americantankapproaching.
Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
- babble
- blaze
- chuff
- clatter
- click away
- clicker
- clinking
- clunk
- crump
- growl
- gunshot
- hiss
- jangling
- pip
- plunk
- scrunch
- sonic boom
- tick
- white noise
- whoosh
rumblenoun[C](FIGHT)
Australian EnglishorUSinformal
aphysicalfight:
Everyone around hereknewthat there was going to be a rumble between the twogroups.
Heheardthe rumblebeginningoutside.
- It is just a rumble between tworivalgangs.
- Heenteredtheringfor thefamous"Rumble in the Jungle" in Zaire.
Fighting
- a fight to the finishidiom
- bellicosity
- blood diamond
- blow
- boots on the groundidiom
- call to arms
- combat
- come close to blowsidiom
- conflict diamond
- engagement
- grapple
- rout
- scrimmage
- shootout
- skirmish
- stoush
- tangle
- tangle withsomeone
- tilt
- turf war