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groan

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Related topics: Colours & sounds, Household
groan1 /ɡrəʊn $ ɡroʊn/ ●○○ verb   → grown
1  SHOUT[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。
3  CSHOUT[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 table groans 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 lie awake for hours waging his nightly battle 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 kids groaned and Mr Barraza grinned.• Gabriel heard Lucie groan as he sank down.• To her intense disappointment, he groaned as one in pain, and dragged himself off her.• Everyone groaned as Scott began to tell another one of his stupid jokes.• And, in spite of himself, he heard he was groaning quietly, like the men in the darkened room.• The shelves groaned under the weight of hundreds of books.• Mitchell groaned when he saw her old backpack, utilitarian relic of hippie days.
moaning and groaning• Restless sleep, 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.
Related topics: Colours & sounds
groan2 noun [countableC]  
1  SHOUTa long deep sound that you make when you are in pain or do not want to do something 〔疼痛时的〕呻吟；〔不愿做某事时发出的〕哼哼声 SYN moan
 Casey let out a groan of protest.
凯西哼了一声表示抗议。
2  literaryC a long low deep sound 低沉的声响
 The door opened with a groan.
门嘎吱一声开了。
Examples from the Corpus
groan• The crowd let out a groan when the ball was dropped and the other team scored.• The headmaster went back to his chair and sank into it, with a groan.• Nor were the terrible creaks and groans so alarming now they could be identified.• The stone walls of our cottage groan and shudder as if tired of battling with the centuries of wind.• Though he, too, let out little groans now and then.• She heard muffled groans from the corner of the room by the television.• He didn't scream but she felt him tremble and he made a small, pathetic groan, like an angry puppy.• Drinks in hand, the crowd around me erupted with groans of exasperation, the kind usually reserved for terrible puns.
Origin groan1
Old English granian
groan1 verbgroan2 noun
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