单词 | growl |
释义 | growl I. intransitive verb 1. a. < it sounds like your guts are growling — Joseph Mitchell > < thunder faintly growling in the distance > < artillery growled and belched on the horizon — Earle Birney > b. < the dog growled at the stranger > c. < a truck … growled out onto the road — H.D.Skidmore > < listening to the water growling past — H.A.Calahan > 2. < hobnobbing together … and growling about the war — Zechariah Chafee > < growled because the place … where they always parked, was taken — Greville Texidor > transitive verb < growling out … lyrics in a hoarse contralto — J.S.Wilson b.1913 > < growling a deep and hollow roar — J.F.Dobie > < growled out a stern warning > II. 1. a. < backed away as he heard the dog's warning growl > < broken now and then by … little bass growls of laughter > < gave a growl of amusement > < the full-throated growl of an enraged lion > b. < the distant growl of cannon > < the noisy, angry growl of an aircraft engine — J.N.Bell > 2. < again the growls began in the ranks — F.V.W.Mason > < growl that businessmen have replaced the clergy on governing boards — Perry Miller > < my letter of 31st December was a growl against you — Indian Information > 3. |
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