单词 | rumbly |
释义 | rumblyadj. Characterized by rumbling; that rumbles. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > [adjective] > rolling or rumbling (of sound) > making rolling or rumbling sound rumbling1566 rolling1575 rumbelow1582 rumbled1582 lumbering1678 rumbly1829 1829 B. Hall Trav. N. Amer. III. xi. 271 Feather-beds, made of ill-cured materials, scantily bestowed in a flaccid bag, laid on rumbly, uneven cross-planking. 1874 L. Troubridge Jrnl. 3 Sept. in J. Hope-Nicholson Life amongst Troubridges (1966) 92 We..had the usual stuffy, rumbly drive. 1881 M. L. Molesworth Adv. Herr Baby 73 Baby was very pleased to get..out of the rumbly, rattly noise. 1931 Good Housek. (U.S. ed.) Dec. 32/1 We shall hear a man's deep, rumbly, comfy voice. 1971 Pop. Sci. May 127/1 A bad [spark] plug in a rumbly V-8 may be barely noticeable. 1990 P. Melville Shape-shifter (1991) 158 Raiding the rumbly old fridge for plum-juice. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1829 |
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