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词汇 moaned
释义 moaned
past simple and past participle ofmoan
moan
verb[ I or T ]
uk /məʊn/ us /moʊn/

moanverb[I or T] (SOUND)


C2
to make a long, low sound of pain, suffering, or another strong emotion: 呻吟;呜咽
He moaned with pain before losing consciousness.他痛苦地呻吟,随后就失去了知觉。
"Let me die," he moaned.“让我死吧。”他呻吟道。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Sounds made by humans with their mouths
catcaller
catcalling
caterwauling
crow
crunch
crunch on something
embouchure
groan
rasp
raspberry
squall
squally
ululate
ululation
unsounded
vocalization
wail
whistle
whoop
yelp

moanverb[I or T] (COMPLAIN)


C2informaldisapproving
to make a complaint in an unhappy voice, usually about something that does not seem important to other people: 抱怨,发牢骚
Thelma's always moaning (about something), and forgets how lucky she actually is.特尔玛总爱抱怨,忘记了实际上她是多么地幸运。
[ + speech ]"I don't like potatoes," he moaned.“我不爱吃土豆,”他抱怨说。
[ + (that) ]First she moans (that) she's too hot, and then that she's too cold.起初她抱怨说太热了,然后又说太冷了。
After a lot of moaning and groaning, they eventually started work.在嘟嘟囔囔抱怨了一阵之后,他们终于开始干活了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Complaining
be/go on at someoneidiom
bellyaching
bemoan
bewail
brouhaha
bugger, sod, etc. this for a lark!idiom
carping
clamour
grizzle
make noisesidiom
mutter
nag
pardon
peep
remonstrate
representation
start on at someone
unreported
vituperation
whiner

Related word


moaner

Examples of moaned


moaned

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


In the examination he cried and moaned as if in acute pain, but he could not verbalize these affective signs of distress.
It also displays understanding that where such problems arise, they must be tackled and not simply identified and moaned about.
All around people cried and moaned.
During my days in local government, we always moaned about never knowing from one moment to the next what was required of us.
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What a minority of them moaned about was that it should be so well-paid.
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My father started farming in 1896, and moaned that what he had saved in 1904 was not worth a quarter of its value in 1917.
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In the main, the engineers have not moaned about that.
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They have moaned enough about this.
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Indeed, that was one of the things we all moaned about because there did not seem to be any way of persuading the usual channels to organise a debate.
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It is splendid that it is to be extended to expansion schemes, because existing businesses have moaned, quite rightly, that they are unable to get tax relief.
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One of them moaned loudly and the crowd outside mimicked him.
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At other times he moaned and groaned and protested against the injustice with which he was being treated.
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One sat up and screamed, throwing her arm over her head, while the other, bleeding from the mouth, moaned and moved slightly.
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But most of all she moaned about the script.
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He cried and moaned with pain, but he did not give in.
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