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

• 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。
• After sunset, I hear the bellowing snorts and grunts of several moose in rut.
  太阳下山后，我听到好几只发情期的驼鹿的低吼声和呼噜声。
• 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。
• The hippo greets Tonie, in particular, with special grunts and flicking ears whenever she sees him and follows him like a dog wherever he goes.
  杰西卡最喜欢的还是托尼，每次看到托尼，她都发出特殊的咕噜声并拍打着两只耳朵以示欢迎，还象小狗一样跟着托尼，托尼走到哪里她就跟到哪里。
• You think those things get scared too? Probably just like us. They're probably just grunts that get told to go fight.
  你觉得那些东西也会害怕吗？可能跟我们一样，他们只是被拉到战场的猪猡。
• 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。
• The only sound is the squeaking of sneakers, the echoing tempo of ping-pong balls, and occasional grunts from the players.
  场馆里唯一能听到的声音，就是运动鞋的嘎吱声，乒乓球有节奏的回响声，以及运动员偶尔的嘟囔声。
• That's not bad for a couple grunts.
  算是两名好军人吧！
• While many Gamorreans understand alien languages, their voice boxes permit them only to speak in their native tongue of grunts, oinks and squeals.
  虽然许多盖莫尔人懂得异星语言，但他们的喉头让他们只能发出呼噜声、哼声、和尖叫声来说家乡的方言。
• 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。