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.