grumble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 high thundering, rumbling or growling sound. onomatopoeic
The sound made by a hungry stomach.
A surly complaint.

— That whiner is never without a grumble to share.

动词 v.

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

— The distant thunder grumbles.
To complain; to murmur or mutter with discontent; to make ill-natured complaints in a low voice and a surly manner. intransitive

— He grumbles about the food constantly, but has yet to learn to cook.
To utter in a grumbling fashion. transitive

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

词形变化

grumbles plural grumbles present,singular,third-person grumbling participle,present grumbled participle,past grumbled past

词汇关系

衍生词

grumbly begrumble grumbler grumblesome mustn't grumble

词源

词源 1

Probably from Middle French grommeler, from Old French grumeler (“to murmur, grumble”), from Middle Dutch *grommelen ("to murmur, mutter, grunt"; > Modern Dutch grommelen (“to grumble”)), frequentative of Middle Dutch grommen (“to growl, grunt”). Cognate with Middle Low German grummelen (> Low German grummeln (“to grumble”)), German grummeln (“to grumble”), Norwegian dialectal grymja (“to growl, grunt”).

词源 2

Probably from Middle French grommeler, from Old French grumeler (“to murmur, grumble”), from Middle Dutch *grommelen ("to murmur, mutter, grunt"; > Modern Dutch grommelen (“to grumble”)), frequentative of Middle Dutch grommen (“to growl, grunt”). Cognate with Middle Low German grummelen (> Low German grummeln (“to grumble”)), German grummeln (“to grumble”), Norwegian dialectal grymja (“to growl, grunt”).