groan
【呻吟,哀怨,呻吟声,抱怨声】
"Groan" 是一个名词和动词,通常表示由于疼痛、失望、疲劳等原因发出的低沉、持续的声音。它可以描述人的声音或情绪反应,也可以指某些物体因压力而发出的声音。
1. 动词:呻吟,哀怨
- "Groan" 作为动词时,指由于痛苦、疲劳、失望、沮丧或其他不愉快的感受发出的低沉声音。也可以用来表示因不满或反对而发出的声音。
- 例如:
- He groaned in pain after the injury.
(他因伤痛而呻吟。) - She groaned when she heard about the extra work she had to do.
(当她听到必须做更多工作的消息时,她发出了抱怨的声音。)
- He groaned in pain after the injury.
2. 名词:呻吟声,抱怨声
- "Groan" 作为名词时,指的是由痛苦、疲劳、失望等引起的低沉的声音,或者因不满而发出的声音。
- 例如:
- There was a groan from the audience when the movie started.
(当电影开始时,观众发出了抱怨声。) - She let out a groan of relief when the test was over.
(考试结束时,她发出了一声松口气的呻吟。)
- There was a groan from the audience when the movie started.
3. 比喻用法:
- 有时**"groan"** 用于描述由于某些不愉快的事情而表现出来的情感反应。
- 例如:
- The company is under a groan of financial pressure.
(公司在财务压力下呻吟。)
- The company is under a groan of financial pressure.
常见搭配:
- Groan of pain:因疼痛发出的呻吟。
- Groan in relief:因解脱或缓解压力而发出的松口气的呻吟。
- Groan under:用来表示在某种压力或困境下承受痛苦或困难。
- 例如:The workers groaned under the heavy workload.
(工人们在繁重的工作负担下呻吟。)
- 例如:The workers groaned under the heavy workload.
例句:
- 动词用法:
- He groaned as he tried to stand up after hours of sitting.
(他在坐了几个小时后,试图站起来时呻吟。) - The students groaned when the teacher announced another test.
(当老师宣布又有一场考试时,学生们发出了抱怨的声音。)
- He groaned as he tried to stand up after hours of sitting.
- 名词用法:
- The groan of the old house could be heard every time the wind blew.
(每次风吹过,老房子都会发出呻吟声。) - There was a loud groan when the boss mentioned working over the weekend.
(当老板提到周末加班时,大家发出了响亮的抱怨声。)
- The groan of the old house could be heard every time the wind blew.
总结:
"Groan" 作为动词时,指因痛苦、疲劳或失望等原因发出的呻吟声;作为名词时,指这种声音本身。它可以用来描述人的情绪反应,或是用来表示因不满或困境而发出的声音。