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

• She is the one who grumbles.
  她就是常常发牢骚的那个。
• It is a good wife that never grumbles.
  再好的妻子也唠叨。
• 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。
• I have a few grumbles regarding what was said.
  我对刚才所说的有一点怨言。
• But, Greenpeace grumbles, it is not sufficiently "precautionary" in other areas.
  但是“绿色和平组织”抱怨，诺基亚在其他领域“充分采取预防性措施”做得不够。
• Take your grumbles to the boss, not to me.
  你有牢骚对老板去说，不要对我说。
• But although there were grumbles about its competence, the TSE retained its dominant position in the Japanese market.
  不过，尽管市场对其能力多有抱怨之声，但东京证交所在日本市场仍保持着主导地位。
• 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。
• 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。
• It is a good horse that never stumbles; and a good wife that never grumbles.
  再好的马也会失蹄，再好的妻子也会唠叨。