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单词 growl
释义 growl
I. \ˈgrau̇l, esp before pause or consonant -au̇əl\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: probably of imitative origin
intransitive verb
1.
 a. : rumble
  < 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. : to utter a deep guttural threatening sound
  < the dog growled at the stranger >
 c. : to make or move with a sound resembling or suggestive of the growl of an animal
  < a truck … growled out onto the road — H.D.Skidmore >
  < listening to the water growling past — H.A.Calahan >
2. : to express oneself in an angry or surly manner : complain angrily : grumble
 < hobnobbing together … and growling about the war — Zechariah Chafee >
 < growled because the place … where they always parked, was taken — Greville Texidor >
transitive verb
: to express with or by a growl : utter in a harsh, angry, or rasping tone or manner
 < 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. noun
(-s)
1.
 a. : a deep guttural inarticulate sound
  < 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. : a growling or rumbling sound resembling or suggestive of the growl of an animal
  < the distant growl of cannon >
  < the noisy, angry growl of an aircraft engine — J.N.Bell >
2. : an utterance made in a harsh, rasping, or angry tone : a muttering complaint
 < 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. : flutter-tonguing
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