| 释义 |
groan
I. \ˈgrōn\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English gronen, from Old English grānian; akin to Old High German grīnan to distort the mouth, mutter, grumble, growl, Old Norse grīna to bare the teeth, sneer
intransitive verb
1.
a. : to make a deep usually inarticulate and involuntary often strangled sound typically abruptly begun and ended and usually indicative of pain or grief or tension or desire or sometimes disapproval or annoyance
< the dying man groaned with every jolt of the ambulance >
< men groaning under the weight of the loads they were carrying >
< groaned with rage and frustration >
b. : to make a harsh sound (as of heavy creaking, grating, rasping) upon subjection to sudden or prolonged strain (as of a heavy load)
< let himself fall into an armchair which groaned under him — H.M.Ledig-Rowohlt >
< wagons that swayed and groaned up the hill >
2.
a. : to experience pain or grief enough to make one groan
< groaned when he read the telegram >
b. : to undergo strain or oppression or overburdening enough to make one groan
< men who were once free now groan in slavery >
< tables which groaned under the weight of good things — Norman Douglas >
c. : to desire something intensely enough to make one groan
< groaning to be with her again >
< death groaning for fresh victims >
d. : to disapprove of something or become annoyed with something enough to make one groan
< groaning over their stupidity >
< one groans at the absence of an index — Sean O'Faolain >
transitive verb
1. : to utter or express with groaning : breathe out with groaning
< will groan out some prayer — William Barrett >
< groaning their despair >
2. : to express disapproval of or annoyance with by groaning
< groaning them through the streets — Broadus Mitchell >
< the consuls were groaned down — J.A.Froude >
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English gron, grone, from gronen, v.
1. : a deep usually inarticulate and involuntary often strangled sound typically abruptly begun and ended and usually indicative of pain or grief or tension or desire or sometimes disapproval or annoyance
2. : a harsh sound (as of heavy creaking, grating, rasping) produced by subjection to a sudden or prolonged strain (as of a heavy load) |