Rumble



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.发出持续的低沉的声音
• ［英］ v.发出持续的低沉的声音 ( make or move with a deep rolling sound)

Webster Collegiate

I. verb (rumbled; rumbling)

• Etymology: Middle English; akin to Middle High German rummeln to rumble
• Date: 14th century
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to make a low heavy rolling sound <thunder rumbling in the distance>
  • 2. to travel with a low reverberating sound <wagons rumbled into town>
  • 3. to speak in a low rolling tone
  • 4. to engage in a rumble
• transitive verb
  • 1. to utter or emit in a low rolling voice
  • 2. British to reveal or discover the true character of
• ? rumbler noun

II. noun

• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a. a low heavy continuous reverberating often muffled sound (as of thunder)
  • b. low frequency noise in phonographic playback caused by the transmission of mechanical vibrations by the turntable to the pickup
• 2. a seat for servants behind the body of a carriage
• 3.
  • a. widespread expression of dissatisfaction or unrest
  • b. a street fight especially among gangs

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