grumbling

柯林斯词典

1. V-T/V-I If someone grumbles, they complain about something in a bad-tempered way. 抱怨
They grumble about how hard they have to work. 他們抱怨自己工作得很辛苦。
Taft grumbled that the law so favoured the criminal that trials seemed like a game of chance. 塔夫脫抱怨法律如此有利於罪犯，使得讅判看來像是一場運氣的遊戯。
2. N-COUNT Grumble is also a noun. 抱怨
My only grumble is that there isn't a non-smoking section. 我惟一的抱怨是這兒沒有無菸區。
3. V-I If something grumbles, it makes a low continuous sound. 隆隆作響[文學性]
It was quiet now, the thunder had grumbled away to the west. 現在安靜了，雷聲已經隆隆作響地傳到西邊了。
4. N-SING Grumble is also a noun. 隆隆響聲[usu N 'of' n]
One could often hear, far to the east, the grumble of guns. 人們經常可以聽到在遠遠的東邊有隆隆的槍砲聲。