单词 | rumble |
释义 | rumble —rumbler, n. —rumblingly, adv. /rum"beuhl/, v. , rumbled, rumbling, n. v.i. 1. to make a deep, heavy, somewhat muffled, continuous sound, as thunder. 2. to move or travel with such a sound: The train rumbled on. 3. Slang. to have or take part in a street fight between or among teenage gangs: Rival gangs rumbled on Saturday afternoon. v.t. 4. to give forth or utter with a rumbling sound: to rumble a command. 5. to cause to make or move with a rumbling sound: to rumble a wagon over the ground. 6. to subject to the action of a rumble or tumbling box, as for the purpose of polishing. n. 7. a deep, heavy, somewhat muffled, continuous sound: the rumble of tanks across a bridge. 8. See rumble seat. 9. a rear part of a carriage containing seating accommodations, as for servants, or space for baggage. 10. See tumbling box. 11. Slang. a street fight between rival teenage gangs. [1325-75; 1940-45 for def. 3; (v.) ME romblen, rumblen; cf. D rommelen, prob. of imit. orig.; (n.) ME, deriv. of the v.] Syn. 1. roar, thunder, roll, boom. |
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