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have a grumble about sth
多用于口语，表示轻度抱怨。
He had a grumble about the service.
他对服务发了牢骚。
抱怨；牢骚
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抱怨；牢骚
a complaint made in a low, muttering tone; a surly complaint
He had a grumble about the service.
他对服务发了牢骚。
饥饿时胃发出的声音。
The sound made by a hungry stomach.
响亮低沉的连续噪音
a loud low dull continuous noise
粗暴的抱怨；怨言。
A surly complaint.
低声含糊的抱怨
a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone
The distant grumble of thunder warned us of the approaching storm.
远处低沉的雷声警告我们暴风雨即将来临。
We could hear the grumble of the old washing machine from the basement.
我们能听到地下室里旧洗衣机发出的隆隆声。
Her stomach gave a loud grumble during the quiet exam.
在安静的考试中，她的肚子发出一声响亮的咕噜声。
多用于口语，表示轻度抱怨。
He had a grumble about the service.
他对服务发了牢骚。
She accepted the task with a grumble.
她抱怨着接受了任务。
形容持续的低沉声音，如雷声、机器声等。
We heard a low grumble of thunder.
我们听到一阵低沉连续的雷声。
Not this
He has much grumble about the salary.
Use this
He has many grumbles about the salary.
grumble作为名词是可数名词，表示'怨言'时常用复数形式。这里需要用many修饰可数名词复数，而不是much。
Not this
He grumble at the meeting was heard.
Use this
His grumble at the meeting was heard.
grumble是名词，不能直接作动词主语。此处应使用所有格his来修饰名词grumble，构成名词短语作主语。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
发牢骚
He had a grumble about the cold coffee.
他抱怨咖啡太凉。
低沉的隆隆声
A low grumble came from the old machine.
那台旧机器发出一阵低沉的隆隆声。
隆隆的雷声
A grumble of thunder warned us of the storm.
隆隆的雷声提醒我们暴风雨要来了。
肚子咕咕叫
A stomach grumble broke the silence during the meeting.
会议期间，一声肚子咕咕叫打破了沉默。
嘟囔着抱怨
She muttered a grumble and walked away.
她嘟囔着抱怨了几句，然后走开了。
发牢骚，抱怨
Whenever things go wrong, she has a good grumble.
每当事情出错，她都会好好发一顿牢骚。
隆隆的雷声
We heard a distant grumble of thunder.
我们听到远处传来隆隆的雷声。
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Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想“grumble”的“grum”像肚子饿时发出的“咕噜”声，再想到一边咕噜一边低声抱怨的样子，就记住了“咕哝/怨言”。
语域：mixed 常见场景：describing the sound of a hungry stomach、describing a low continuous noise、making a low or surly complaint grumble 作名词时，声音义（肚子饿的咕噜声、低沉连续的隆隆声）比较中性，多用于描述性语境；抱怨义（低声不满的含糊抱怨）则带有负面情绪，多用于日常非正式口语。实际语气需根据上下文判断。
All six words rhyme with grumble /ˈɡrʌmbəl/: they share the ending /-mbəl/ after the initial consonant. Beware lookalikes such as gamble /ˈɡæmbəl/ and tremble /ˈtrembəl/, which have different vowels and do not rhyme.
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