Grumbling

(adj.) continuous full and low-pitched throbbing sound; 'the rumbling rolling sound of thunder' .

校对:内奥米

• 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.
• After another silence, the husband of the absent woman, turning to me again, answered me with his usual grumbling unwillingness. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• There was no talking back, no dissatisfaction about overcharging, no grumbling about anything. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Then he began grumbling again: With your flying into the face of your own wittles and drink! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Dundas and Lambton followed us, the latter still grumbling and very sulky. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Where such taxes, therefore, are properly assessed, and upon proper commodities, they are paid with less grumbling than any other. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• A while after dinner, Amelia timidly expressed a wish to go and see her mamma, at Fulham: which permission George granted her with some grumbling. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• This consideration seems to have its effect on the boy, for he goes out grumbling. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Mr. Dolloby, not without some grumbling, gave ninepence. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.

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