rumble1
KK: [ˈrʌmbḷ]
DJ: [ˈrʌmbl]
vi.
- (雷,砲等)隆隆響
The guns
rumbled in the distance.
遠處砲聲隆隆。
- (車輛)轆轆行駛
I'm hungry -- my stomach's
rumbling.
我餓了,饑腸轆轆。
A wagon
rumbled over the ground.
一輛大篷車轆轆地駛過場地。
- 聲音低沉地說話;咕噥
He
rumbled to himself as he went out.
他嘟囔著走了出去。
- 鬧嚷,使人不得安寧
The argument
rumbled on for three hours.
爭論鬧嚷嚷地進行了三個小時。
vt.
- 使隆隆響;使轆轆行駛
He
rumbled the wagon down the street.
他駕著大篷車轆轆行駛在街上。
- 聲音低沉地說出[(+out/forth)]
He
rumbled out an order.
他用低沉的聲音發出一道命令。
n.
- 隆隆聲,轆轆聲[S]
We heard the
rumble of thunder in the distance.
我們聽到遠處的隆隆雷聲。
- 普遍的怨聲[S]
A
rumble over inflation arose across the country.
全國到處抱怨通貨膨脹。
- 磨箱;滾筒,轉筒[C]
- 【美】【俚】(尤指青少年的)街頭鬥毆[C]
辨析
rumble2
KK: [ˈrʌmbḷ]
DJ: [ˈrʌmbl]
vt.
- 【俚】察覺;看穿,識破
I've been
rumbled; someone must have told mom.
我被揭穿了,一定有人告訴媽。
He is insincere; I soon
rumbled him.
他不真誠;我不久便看穿了他。
v.
- make or move with a continuous deep, resonant sound.
-
(rumble on)
(of a dispute) continue in a persistent but low-key way.
- Brit. informal discover (an illicit activity or its perpetrator):
it wouldn't need a genius to rumble his little game.
- N. Amer. informal take part in a street fight.
n.
- a continuous deep, resonant sound like distant thunder.
- N. Amer. informal a street fight between gangs.
Derivative
Etymology
ME: prob. from MDu. rommelen, rummelen, of imitative origin.