| 释义 |
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024growl /graʊl/USA pronunciation v. - Zoologyto utter a deep, throaty sound of anger or hostility: [no object]The dog growled.[~ + object]The dog growled a warning.
- to murmur angrily;
grumble:[no object]He's been growling at his secretary. - to rumble:[no object]The thunder growled.
n. [countable] - the act or sound of growling:a loud growl.
growl•er, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024growl (groul),USA pronunciation v.i. - Zoologyto utter a deep guttural sound of anger or hostility:The dog growled at the mail carrier.
- to murmur or complain angrily;
grumble. - to rumble:The thunder growled.
- Music and Dance[Jazz.]to use flutter-tonguing in playing a wind instrument.
v.t. - to express by growling.
n. - the act or sound of growling.
- Music and Dance[Jazz.]the technique of flutter-tonguing.
- 1350–1400; Middle English groule to rumble (said of the bowels); cognate with German grollen
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See complain.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: growl /ɡraʊl/ vb - (of animals, esp when hostile) to utter (sounds) in a low inarticulate manner: the dog growled at us
- to utter (words) in a gruff or angry manner
- (intransitive) to make sounds suggestive of an animal growling: the thunder growled around the lake
n - the act or sound of growling
Etymology: 18th Century: from earlier grolle, from Old French grouller to grumble |