groan /ɡrəʊn/ CET6 TEM4 ( groaning, groaned, groans )

• 1. 

  V-I If you groan, you make a long, low sound because you are in pain, or because you are upset or unhappy about something. 呻吟

  例：

  Slowly, he opened his eyes. As he did so, he began to groan with pain.

  他慢慢地睁开眼睛，并开始痛苦地呻吟。

  例：

  They glanced at the man on the floor, who began to groan.

  他们扫了一眼地板上那个开始呻吟的男子。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT Groan is also a noun. 呻吟

  例：

  She heard him let out a pitiful, muffled groan.

  她听到他发出一声可怜、压抑的呻吟。

• 3. 

  V-T If you groan something, you say it in a low, unhappy voice. 呻吟着说

  例：

  "My leg – I think it's broken," Eric groaned.

  “我的腿–我想是断了，”埃里克呻吟着说。

• 4. 

  V-I If you groan about something, you complain about it. 抱怨

  例：

  His parents were beginning to groan about the price of college tuition.

  他的父母开始抱怨大学的学费。

• 5. 

  N-COUNT Groan is also a noun. 抱怨

  例：

  Listen sympathetically to your child's moans and groans about what she can't do.

  要充满同情地去倾听孩子对她不能做的事而发的牢骚和抱怨。

• 6. 

  V-I If wood or something made of wood groans, it makes a loud sound when it moves. (木头移动时) 发吱嘎声

  例：

  The timbers groan and creak and the floorboards shift.

  木料吱嘎作响，地板也跟着动。

• 7. 

  V-I If you say that something such as a table groans under the weight of food, you are emphasizing that there is a lot of food on it. 堆满 [强调]

  例：

  The bar counter groans under the weight of huge plates of the freshest fish.

  酒吧柜台上堆满了大盘大盘最新鲜的鱼。

• 8. 

  V-I If you say that someone or something is groaning under the weight of something, you think there is too much of that thing. 受重压 [usu cont] [表不满]

  例：

  Consumers were groaning under the weight of high interest rates.

  消费者受着高利率的重压。