| 单词 | rumble |
| 释义 | rum·ble I. intransitive verb 1. a. < thunder which rumbles ominously, yet, because of distance, is all but inaudible — Erle Stanley Garner > < the camels' bellies rumbling to the water they held — I.L.Idriess > < the dark spaces between the walls rumble with strange and appalling noises — Sherwood Anderson > b. (1) < rumbling through the racy air — the unmistakable sound of a horn — Blanche E. Baughan > (2) < mule-drawn freight wagons rumbled through the town — American Guide Series: Texas > c. < heard him rumbling to himself as they went out — Grace Campbell > 2. < there had been rumbling in the Head Camp a controversy of no mean proportions — C.W.Ferguson > 3. slang < the Cherubs are rumbling — Walter Bernstein > transitive verb 1. a. < rumbled that one of his children liked frogs — Yankee > b. chiefly Britain 2. a. slang < dice are almost never gaffed so that the same numbers always come up because even the greenest mark would rumble that in short order — John Scarne & Clayton Rawson > b. slang < I read the financial pages and the investment journals so I won't slip up and rumble the mark — D.W.Maurer > 3. II. 1. a. < as the train lost speed the smooth rumble of wheels over rails broke into a series of rattling thumps — John Dos Passos > < could hear the rumble of a man's voice … but I couldn't hear the words — Erle Stanley Gardner > b. 2. a. b. 3. 4. a. < rumbles of opposition arose in the counties — J.N.Popham > b. < picked up the rumble … and thought he'd pass it on just in case — P.A.Brodeur > c. d. slang (1) (2) e. slang < down in the basement of a candy store, getting their switchblade knives, zip guns, and Molotov cocktails ready for a rumble — Marjorie Rittwagen > |
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