grunts

英 [ɡrʌnts]

美 [ɡrʌnts]

v.  发出呼噜声; 发出哼声; 咕哝; 嘟哝
grunt的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB （尤指因为烦恼或不感兴趣）咕噜，嘟哝着说
  If yougrunt, you make a low sound, especially because you are annoyed or not interested in something.
  1. The driver grunted, convinced that Michael was crazy...
     司机嘟哝了一声，认定迈克尔是发疯了。
  2. 'Rubbish,' I grunted...
     “废话，”我嘟哝了一声。
  3. He grunted his thanks.
     他嘟哝着道了谢。
  4. Gruntis also a noun.
     
  5. Their replies were no more than grunts of acknowledgement.
     他们所谓的回答不过是表示承认的咕哝罢了。
• VERB （动物）发出哼声，发出咕噜声
  When an animalgrunts, it makes a low rough noise.
  1. ...the sound of a pig grunting.
     猪发出的呼噜声

双语例句

• You're going have to flirt with a whole new batch of grunts.
  你们应该会遇到另一批人。
• Death metal vocals are often guttural roars, grunts, snarls, and low gurgles colloquially called death grunts or death growls.
  死亡金属的唱腔常用喉吼、哼、嗥、低咯，也通俗地称作死腔。
• He spoke in a series of grunts and hisses.
  他说出一连串的咕噜和嘶嘶声。
• That's not bad for a couple grunts.
  算是两名好军人吧！
• He grunts like a rutting hog.
  他都叫得像只发情的狗一样。
• People once thought of the languages of backward groups as savage, undeveloped forms of speech, consisting largely of grunts and groans.
  人们曾经认为一个落后群体的语言是原始的，未开化的言语方式，主要包括咕哝和呻吟。
• Loud grunts were coming from the pig sty.
  很响的咕噜声从猪圈传出。
• It emerged that gurnard are among the most talkative, making distinctive grunts and keeping up a pattern of chatter throughout the day.
  结果发现，鲂鱼是最多话的鱼之一，它们会发出独特的咕哝声，而且整天都不断地发出一种啁啾声。
• Fish communicate with each other in a secret language of grunts, growls, chirps and pops, researchers in New Zealand have discovered.
  新西兰研究人员发现，鱼类之间可以通过咕哝、低吼、啁啾和爆破音相互交谈。
• I remind myself to look for glazed expressions, noncommittal grunts, or darting eyes.
  我会提醒自己察看对方是否表情木然、语言含含糊糊或目光不定。