英语词汇“groan”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

verb | noun

groangroan1 /groʊn/ ●○○ verb

ETYMOLOGYgroan¹

Origin: Old English granian

VERB TABLE

groan

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	groan
	he, she, it	groans
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	groaned
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have groaned
	he, she, it	has groaned
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had groaned
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will groan
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have groaned

Continuous Form
Present	I	am groaning
	he, she, it	is groaning
	you, we, they	are groaning
Past	I, he, she, it	was groaning
	you, we, they	were groaning
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been groaning
	he, she, it	has been groaning
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been groaning
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be groaning
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been groaning

1[intransitive] to make a long deep sound to express pain, disappointment, or sexual pleasure SYN moan: Everyone groaned as Scott began to tell another one of his stupid jokes.2[intransitive] if something groans, it makes a long low deep sound as it moves or as it holds something heavy: The bed groaned as he climbed in.3[intransitive, transitive] to complain about something: “It’s too hot,” he groaned.4[intransitive] if a table groans with food, there is a very large amount of food on it

verb | noun

groangroan2 noun [countable]

COLLOCATIONS► let out a groan

The crowd let out a groan when he dropped the ball.

1a long deep sound that you make to express pain, disappointment, or sexual pleasure SYN moan: The crowd let out a groan when he dropped the ball.2literary a long low sound like someone groaning: The door opened with a groan.