1[intransitiveI, transitiveT]SAY to make short sounds or say a few words in a roughvoice, when you do not want to talk 〔在不愿意讲话时〕发出哼声;嘟哝着说
He just grunted and carried on reading his book.
他只是哼了一声,继续看他的书。
2[intransitiveI]CHBA if a person or animalgrunts, they make short low sounds in their throat 发出咕噜声
Grunting with effort, she lifted me up.
她哼哧着费力地把我抱起来。
Examples from the Corpus
grunt• ""What about a stripywallpaper for this room?'' ""I dunno, '' he grunted.• Fabio grunted, and helped himself to beans.• A soldier fell on her, grunting and rooting.• He studied his hands, grunted, and stood up.• Wilcox grunted contemptuously, as if he had expected no better.• He just grunted "Hi" and kept walking.• Ballantyne grunted indifferently Mitchell put his cup to his mouth.• There was a knock on the door, and when he gruntedmuffledassent it opened and some one came in.• She grunted something I didn't catch.• He grunted, they said, and weaved and ducked like a prizefighter when asked questions.