单词 | grunt |
释义 | Word Frequency grunt(ɡrʌnt) verb 1. (intransitive) (esp of pigs and some other animals) to emit a low short gruff noise 2. (when tr, may take a clause as object) to express something gruffly he grunted his answer noun 3. the characteristic low short gruff noise of pigs, etc, or a similar sound, as of disgust 4. any of various mainly tropical marine sciaenid fishes, such as Haemulon macrostomum (Spanish grunt), that utter a grunting sound when caught 5. US slang an infantry soldier or US Marine 6. British informal power, esp in a motor vehicle Derived forms gruntingly (ˈgruntingly) adverb Word origin Old English grunnettan, probably of imitative origin; compare Old High German grunnizōn, grunni moaning, Latin grunnīre |
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