单词 | grunt |
释义 | grunt (grŭnt) v. grunt·ed, grunt·ing, grunts v.intr. 1. To utter a deep guttural sound, as a hog does. 2. To utter a sound similar to a grunt, as in disgust. v.tr. To utter or express with a deep guttural sound: He merely grunted his approval. n. 1. A deep guttural sound. 2. Any of various chiefly tropical marine fishes of the family Haemulidae that produce a grunting sound by rubbing together their pharyngeal teeth. 3. Slang An infantryman in the US military, especially in the Vietnam War: "They were called grunts....They were the infantrymen, the foot soldiers of the war" (Bernard Edelman). 4. Slang One who performs routine or mundane tasks. 5. New England A dessert made by stewing fruit topped with pieces of biscuit dough, which steam as the fruit cooks. Also called slump. [Middle English grunten, from Old English grunnettan; probably akin to grunnian, to make a loud noise, grunt, of imitative origin.] grunter n. grunting·ly adv. |
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