grunts

英 [ɡrʌnts]

美 [ɡrʌnts]

v.  发出呼噜声; 发出哼声; 咕哝; 嘟哝
grunt的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB （尤指因为烦恼或不感兴趣）咕噜，嘟哝着说
  If yougrunt, you make a low sound, especially because you are annoyed or not interested in something.
  1. The driver grunted, convinced that Michael was crazy...
     司机嘟哝了一声，认定迈克尔是发疯了。
  2. 'Rubbish,' I grunted...
     “废话，”我嘟哝了一声。
  3. He grunted his thanks.
     他嘟哝着道了谢。
  4. Gruntis also a noun.
     
  5. Their replies were no more than grunts of acknowledgement.
     他们所谓的回答不过是表示承认的咕哝罢了。
• VERB （动物）发出哼声，发出咕噜声
  When an animalgrunts, it makes a low rough noise.
  1. ...the sound of a pig grunting.
     猪发出的呼噜声

双语例句

• Which is worth more: a star or seven grunts?
  谁更有价值：是一位明星还是七位普通员工？
• Loud grunts were coming from the pig sty.
  很响的咕噜声从猪圈传出。
• Warm-water marine fishes including the drums and grunts and croakers and sea trout.
  暖水海洋鱼，包含石首鱼、石鲈和海鳟。
• It emerged that gurnard are among the most talkative, making distinctive grunts and keeping up a pattern of chatter throughout the day.
  结果发现，鲂鱼是最多话的鱼之一，它们会发出独特的咕哝声，而且整天都不断地发出一种啁啾声。
• You know, you can fire as many of us grunts as you want.
  你知道，你可以随便的说炒就炒掉我们。
• In any case, it tops sleeping in a hole in the cold ground, a moldy rabbit skin for your pillow, and the grunts and sighs of a dozen changelings anxious in their dreams.
  不管怎么说，这好过睡在洞里冷冰冰的地上，拿发霉的兔皮当枕头，还有十来个换生灵在不安的睡梦中咕哝和叹气。
• That's not bad for a couple grunts.
  算是两名好军人吧！
• He grunts like a rutting hog.
  他都叫得像只发情的狗一样。
• While many Gamorreans understand alien languages, their voice boxes permit them only to speak in their native tongue of grunts, oinks and squeals.
  虽然许多盖莫尔人懂得异星语言，但他们的喉头让他们只能发出呼噜声、哼声、和尖叫声来说家乡的方言。
• He spoke in a series of grunts and hisses.
  他说出一连串的咕噜和嘶嘶声。