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词汇 growling
释义 growling
adjective[ usually before noun ]
uk /ˈɡraʊ.lɪŋ/ us /ˈɡraʊ.lɪŋ/
A growling sound is long, low, and rough, like the threatening sound made by a dog:
The car made a low growling sound.
They mocked his growling, guttural speech.
Related word
growl
The growling noise of the planes never stops.
There was an angry growling sound, almost like a dog.
He spoke in a growling monotone.
His vocals ranged from a growling baritone to a falsetto.
Eerie, growling basslines were overlaid with spectral female vocals.
The orchestra's menacing rhythms and growling, low notes captured the sense of absolute terror.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Describing qualities of sound
audibly
boomy
chocolatey
chuff
clomp
crackling
ear-splitting
melodically
melodiously
metallically
murmurous
murmurously
silvery
squeaky
staccato
thready
tinnily
tunefully
tunefulness
tunelessly

Examples of growling


growling
Temporal changes are controlled by: 1⁄4 flutter tonguing, double- and triple-tonguing, 1⁄4 growling, and assorted gestures that create multiphonics.
One hardly ever hears of a clerk grumbling or growling, although sometimes they may have said that they really cannot undertake any more work.
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In the name of common sense why are they growling now because they are earning more?
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I was about to talk about the dog barking or growling.
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It is growling over it, it is worrying it and it is trying to bury it where no one else will find it.
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A dog normally gives a warning sign when it is about to attack someone—for example, the milkman or the coalman—by growling or barking.
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The 1940s saw the development of the "open door" principle, a growling appreciation of the therapeutic value of occupation, and the beginning of physical methods of treatment.
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I can only hope that amidst the grim growlings of the great cannons in front of us, the small arms section behind will be forgiven any indiscretions they may commit.
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What are you growling about, then?
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I am not growling about it.
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A strong vibration of the feeler accompanied by a growling noise indicated that the coil is shorted.
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These characters can easily become caricatures, growling for gore and calling down vengeance from heaven.
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Additionally, saxophonics often entails the use of altissimo, overtones, growling, and other extended techniques.
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The music features deep growling, occasional shrieking, heavily-distorted guitar sound, plenty of tempo-changes and atonal riffs, some symphonic keyboards and computer drums.
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His voice in the series seems to have been modulated to give it a deeper, growling tone as well as the other voice actors.
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