1SHOUT[intransitiveI] to make a long deep sound because you are in pain, upset, or disappointed, or because something is very enjoyable 〔因疼痛、心烦或失望而〕呻吟;〔因快乐而〕哼哼SYN moan
The kids all groaned when I switched off the TV.
我关掉电视时,孩子们都发出不满的抱怨声。
groan with
As she kissed him, Gary groaned with pleasure.
在她的亲吻之下,加里愉快地哼哼着。
Richard’s jokes make you groan rather than laugh.
理查德的笑话让你哭笑不得。
2[intransitiveI, transitiveT] to complain about something 抱怨,发牢骚SYN moan
I’m tired of him moaning and groaning all the time.
他一天到晚牢骚满腹,我都听腻了。
‘It’s too hot!’ he groaned.
“太热了!”他抱怨道。
3CSHOUT[transitiveT] to make a low deep sound 发出低沉的声音SYN moan
The old tree groaned in the wind.
老树在风中嘎吱作响。
4.DH[intransitiveI] if a tablegroans with food, there is a very large amount of food on it 〔桌子上〕堆满(食品)
Examples from the Corpus
groan• Bernard would lieawake for hours waging his nightlybattle with carnality, slapping it down, groaning.• He wiped at his thighs with the sponge, the effort making him groan.• As usual, only Zack and Jane seemed in high spirits as everyone else groaned and complained.• The kidsgroaned and Mr Barraza grinned.• Gabriel heard Lucie groan as he sank down.• To her intensedisappointment, he groaned as one in pain, and dragged himself off her.• Everyone groaned as Scott began to tell another one of his stupidjokes.• And, in spite of himself, he heard he was groaning quietly, like the men in the darkened room.• The shelvesgroaned under the weight of hundreds of books.• Mitchell groaned when he saw her old backpack, utilitarianrelic of hippie days.
moaning and groaning• Restlesssleep, full of dreams of violence, nightmares, moaning and groaning.• The other people in the queue had obviously been waiting longer than I and were moaning and groaning.• There's no point in moaning and groaning.• He was moaning and groaning from the enormous weight of it.• As he lay on the floor of the Boesch's simple straw-covered house, moaning and groaning, I grew increasingly worried.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + GROAN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤loud大聲的呻吟◇He let out a loud groan of frustration.他沮喪地大聲哼了一下。➤little, slight, small, soft微弱的/微微的/低聲的/輕輕的呻吟▸➤deep, low低聲的呻吟➤long長長的呻吟▸➤muffled, quiet壓低的呻吟聲➤audible聽得見的呻吟聲➤annoyed, exasperated, frustrated氣惱的/惱怒的/沮喪的呻吟聲➤collective集體的呻吟VERB + GROAN➤emit, give, let out, utter發出呻吟聲▸➤bite back, hold back, stifle, suppress忍住呻吟;壓抑住呻吟▸➤hear聽到呻吟PREPOSITION➤with a groan哼了一聲◇He stood up slowly with a groan of pain.他痛苦地呻吟了一聲,慢慢地站起身來。➤groan of⋯的呻吟聲◇a groan of annoyance氣惱的哼哼聲PHRASES➤moans and groans呻吟聲◇The doctors all ignored her moans and groans.醫生們都對她的呻吟充耳不聞。➡ note at soundgroan
verb
ADVERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADVERB➤loudly大聲呻吟▸➤quietly, softly輕聲呻吟➤slightly微微呻吟▸➤aloud, out loud大聲呻吟▸➤inwardly, mentally, silently在心裏抱怨;無聲地抱怨◇He groaned inwardly at the thought of spending another day in that place.一想到要在那兒再待上一天,他就暗自叫苦。PREPOSITION➤in, with因⋯抱怨;因⋯而呻吟◇Some of the patients were groaning in / with pain.一些病人痛苦地呻吟着。➤at, from抱怨⋯;因⋯而呻吟◇He groaned at / from the pain.他痛苦地呻吟。PHRASES➤moan and groan叫苦不迭◇There's no point in moaning and groaning about not having any money.為沒錢而不停地抱怨是毫無意義的。