英和和英

発音

• IPA: /ˈɡɹʌmbl̩/
• 韻: -ʌmbəl

名詞

grumble (plural grumbles)

1. (onomatopoeia) A high thundering, rumbling or growling sound.
2. The sound made by a hungry stomach.
3. A surly complaint.

   That whiner is never without a grumble to share.

派生語

• grumbly

動詞

grumble (third-person singular simple present grumbles, present participle grumbling, simple past and past participle grumbled)

1. (intransitive) To make a low, growling or rumbling noise, like a hungry stomach or certain animals.

   The distant thunder grumbles.

   • 1995, Terry C. Johnston, Dance on the Wind, page 15:

     It made his stomach grumble in protest to think the mule was eating, and here he was worrying about her with an empty belly of his own.

2. (intransitive) To complain; to murmur or mutter with discontent; to make ill-natured complaints in a low voice and a surly manner.

   He grumbles about the food constantly, but has yet to learn to cook.

3. (transitive) To utter in a grumbling fashion.
   • 2001, Harry Willcox Pfanz, Gettysburg — the first day:

     He grumbled that there was no grain "in the country" and that people were talking instead of working to provide it.

同意語

• See also Thesaurus:complain

派生語

参考

• rumble