groaning英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A low sound associated with extended suffering, sorrow, and toil.

— From the nearby rail yards came clangings, groanings, chuggings.
Ellipsis of groaning time (“childbirth, labour”). abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis,obsolete

动词 v.

present participle and gerund of groan form-of,gerund,participle,present

形容词 adj.

That groans. not-comparable
Heavily laden, as if to creak under the strain. figuratively,not-comparable

— We sat down to a groaning table and feasted all evening.

词形变化

groanings plural

词汇关系

衍生词

groaningly ungroaning

词源

词源 1

From Middle English gronynge (“groaning”), from Old English grānung; equivalent to groan + -ing. Conflated with Middle English gronende, present participle of gronen, from Old English grāniende, present participle of grānian (“to groan”). Analyzable as groan + -ing.

词源 2

From Middle English gronynge (“groaning”), from Old English grānung; equivalent to groan + -ing. Conflated with Middle English gronende, present participle of gronen, from Old English grāniende, present participle of grānian (“to groan”). Analyzable as groan + -ing.

词源 3

From Middle English gronynge (“groaning”), from Old English grānung; equivalent to groan + -ing. Conflated with Middle English gronende, present participle of gronen, from Old English grāniende, present participle of grānian (“to groan”). Analyzable as groan + -ing.