| 单词 | rumble |
| 释义 | rumble (rʌmbəl ) Word forms: rumbles , rumbling , rumbled 1. countable noun A rumble is a low continuous noise. The silence of the night was punctuated by the distant rumble of traffic. [+ of] The rain was teeming down and she thought she heard a rumble of thunder. 2. verb If a vehicle rumbles somewhere, it moves slowly forward while making a low continuous noise. A bus rumbled along the road at the top of the path. [VERB adverb/preposition] A line of tractors rumbled onto the motorway through a cordon of police. [VERB adverb/preposition] The air reeked of kerosene and huge aircraft rumbled overhead. [VERB adverb/preposition] 3. countable noun [oft NOUN of noun] If you refer to the rumble of someone's voice, you mean their voice sounds very low, making it hard to hear exactly what they are saying. A rumble of voices, deep and lulling, vibrated over the whole scene. 4. verb If something rumbles, it makes a low, continuous noise. The sky, swollen like a black bladder, rumbled and crackled. [VERB] Speeches rumbled within the walls of the churches. [VERB] 5. verb If your stomach rumbles, it makes a vibrating noise, usually because you are hungry. Her stomach rumbled. She hadn't eaten any breakfast. [VERB] 6. verb [usually passive] If someone is rumbled, the truth about them or something they were trying to hide is discovered. [British, informal] When his fraud was rumbled he had just £20.17 in the bank. [be VERB-ed] Phrasal verbs: rumble on phrasal verb If you say that something such as an argument rumbles on, you mean that it continues for a long time after it should have been settled. [British, journalism] And still the row rumbles on over who is to blame for the steadily surging crime statistics. [VERB PARTICLE] The scandal surrounding the collapse of the bank looked set to rumble on for a third year. [VERB PARTICLE] Collocations: stomach rumbles I find the silly things funny, like when somebody stumbles over a line or their stomach rumbles. The Sun I can barely answer before she starts giving me a crash course in next season's trends while my stomach rumbles. The Sun My face falls and my stomach rumbles. Times, Sunday Times This occurs when thunder rumbles and lightning rips through snowstorms, making wintry weather especially dramatic. Times, Sunday Times Thunder rumbles in the distance. Houston Chronicle A touch of convenient thunder rumbles in the sky. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Proving his point, a freight train rumbles by. Times, Sunday Times North-northwest the train rumbles, crossing a second river before sweeping into the heart of a city. Times, Sunday Times The train rumbles north, soon to turn northeast. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 隆隆声, 隆隆地跑过 Japanese: ゴロゴロという音, ゴロゴロという音を立てながら進む |
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