Grumble

(noun.) a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone.

(verb.) to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds; 'he grumbled a rude response'; 'Stones grumbled down the cliff'.

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• Nay, said the Knight, an he have the gift of showing my road, I shall not grumble with him that he desires to make it pleasant. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• I've heard you often enough, mother, grumble at the English Sunday when we've been in London. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• It's all very fine,' Lavinia began to grumble, when Mrs Wilfer repeated: 'Hold! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Never mind the commoners, whom we will leave to grumble anonymously. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• I will never grumble on that subject again. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• But she says it has been a hard week for her, so we mustn't grumble but take care of ourselves. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Let them but once clearly perceive that its grand principle is to make business for itself at their expense, and surely they will cease to grumble. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• When I was at home, and only knew what it was to be poor, I grumbled but didn't so much mind. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• In secret, too, grumbled the gaoler, looking at the written paper. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• I don't see why,' grumbled the son. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• It will hardly be enough to pay the inn bill, grumbled the Guardsman. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• The black grumbled something that I could not understand, and then I heard him unlocking the door into one of the other cells on the further side. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• At least Mr. Crawley grumbled a good deal about paying half as much to Miss Hester for her constant attendance upon the Baronet his father. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• This lamp is smoking again; I should think the servants might see that it's kept properly trimmed, he grumbled nervously. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• However, this was as good a road as we had found in Palestine, and possibly even the best, and so there was not much grumbling. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• I have not been in town half-a-dozen hours, and those I have been dozing and grumbling away at the play. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• I should hear less grumbling when my tithe is paid. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• She was speaking, but I could not hear what she said, nor could I make out the low grumbling of his reply. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• It won't do to begin making a fuss about one, said Mr. Vincy, wishing to combine a little grumbling with domestic cheerfulness. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• It appears to me,' said Mr Boffin, grumbling over the fire in an injured manner, 'that the right is with me, if it's anywhere. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Fortifying himself with this assurance, Sikes drained the glass to the bottom, and then, with many grumbling oaths, called for his physic. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• She grumbles so much about the stairs at Heston; and the girl is to have that sloping attic over your room and mamma's. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.

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