1580s, "complain in a low voice;" 1590s, "make a low, rumbling sound," from Middle French grommeler "mutter between the teeth" or directly from Middle Dutch grommelen "murmur, mutter, grunt," from grommen "to rumble, growl." Imitative, or perhaps akin to grim (adj.). With excrescent -b- as in mumble. Related: Grumbled; grumbling.
grumble (n.)
1620s, from grumble (v.).
实用例句
1. My grumble is with the structure and organisation of the material.
我所不满的是素材的结构和组织。
来自柯林斯例句
2. I shouldn't grumble about Mum — she's lovely really.
我不该抱怨妈妈——她真的很好。
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3. One could often hear, far to the east, the grumble of guns.
人们经常能听到从东边很远的地方传来的隆隆枪炮声。
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4. They knitted their brows and started to grumble.
