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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、心煩或失望而〕呻吟；〔因快樂而〕哼哼 SYN moan
The kids all groaned when I switched off the TV.
我關掉電視時，孩子們都發出不滿的抱怨聲。
groan with
As she kissed him, Gary groaned with pleasure.
在她的親吻之下，加裏愉快地哼哼着。
Richard’s jokes make you groan rather than laugh.
理查德的笑話讓你哭笑不得。
2  [intransitiveI, transitiveT] to complain about something 抱怨，發牢騷 SYN moan
I’m tired of him moaning and groaning all the time.
他一天到晚牢騷滿腹，我都聽膩了。
‘It’s too hot!’ he groaned.
“太熱了！”他抱怨道。
3  CSHOUT[transitiveT] to make a low deep sound 發出低沉的聲音 SYN moan
The old tree groaned in the wind.
老樹在風中嘎吱作響。
4. DH[intransitiveI] if a table groans with food, there is a very large amount of food on it 〔桌子上〕堆滿（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 〔疼痛時的〕呻吟；〔不願做某事時發出的〕哼哼聲 SYN moan
Casey let out a groan of protest.
凱西哼了一聲表示抗議。
2  literaryC a long low deep sound 低沉的聲響
The door opened with a groan.
門嘎吱一聲開了。
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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