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词汇 grunting
释义 grunting
present participle ofgrunt
grunt
verb[ I ]
uk /ɡrʌnt/ us /ɡrʌnt/
(of a pig) to make a low, rough noise: (猪)发出呼噜声
The pigs were grunting contentedly as they ate their food.猪边吃边发出满意的哼哼声。
(of a person) to make a short, low sound instead of speaking, usually because of anger or pain: (人通常因为愤怒或疼痛而)发出哼声,嘟囔着说,咕哝
He hauled himself over the wall, grunting with the effort.他费力地翻过墙,累得直哼哼。
[ + speech ]"Too tired," he grunted and sat down.“累死了,”他呻吟着坐下来。
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Examples of grunting


grunting

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


The clinical manifestations begin at or soon after birth and are characterized by tachypnoea, grunting respirations, chest wall recession and nasal -aring.
After sixteen cases with lung disease had been admitted, only four had in fact exhibited grunting.
The expert's opinion was that the proportion of cases of lung disease that exhibited grunting would be between 80% and 90%; the mean value being 85%.
We usually hear certain rumblings and premonitory gruntings before the charge is made.
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It is not a conventicle of muscle-bound health freaks sweating and grunting their way to cardiac arrest.
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We have put up with a quarter of an hour of things that were not much less than grunting noises.
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But when the hogs are grunting at its hindquarters at the same time it is even worse.
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I wish that he would stand up so that he can be identified, instead of grunting in the corner.
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Their gruntings have no effect upon argument.
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The merchant bankers, accountants, estate agents, brokers, underwriters and lawyers are all out there, jostling, grunting and squealing, waiting to get their noses back into the privatisation trough.
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Even tennis, a relatively gentle game, is becoming almost brutal at the men's finals level—bigger rackets, grunting all round, serve and volley, over in five minutes.
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He s there in the background, grunting approvingly, reminding everybody who made this possible.
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They make grunting and hissing sounds, like other cassowaries.
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If it is harassed further, it will twitch in an attempt to jab spines into the predator and make snuffling/grunting noises.
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The birds are rarely heard but seem to produce soft, grumbling grunting noises.
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