Moan



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. / n. ( 痛苦的) 呻吟; ( 不满的) 抱怨
• ［英］ v. / n. ( 痛苦的) 呻吟; ( 不满的) 抱怨 ( a complaint)
• ［例］ He is always moaning his luck.

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English mone, from Old English *mān
• Date: 13th century
• 1. lamentation, complaint
• 2. a low prolonged sound of pain or of grief

II. verb

• Date: 14th century
• transitive verb
  • 1. to bewail audibly ; lament
  • 2. to utter with moans
• intransitive verb
  • 1. lament, complain
  • 2.
    • a. to make a moan ; groan
    • b. to emit a sound resembling a moan <the wind moaned in the trees>
• ? moaner noun

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