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词汇 moaning
释义 moaning
present 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 moaning


moaning

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


Nowadays moaning about the present state and the future prospects of the discipline seems to be the distinctive mark of economic historians.
Cuica sounds have an animal-like quality that resemble sounds of crying, moaning and wailing.
In terms of function, vocalizations that are part of the infraphonological framework differ from ' vocal signals ' such as crying, moaning, and laughing, which have relatively fixed forms and communicative functions.
I am opposed to the individuals who go about moaning about conditions which they say are going to pull us down as a nation.
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But equally it does not justify our moaning if we find ourselves in them.
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That, amongst other things, destroys the whole of the moaning and weeping we have always had about being in office but not in power.
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Often when workers are aggrieved they go on moaning, eventually moaning to the management, and then comes a breaking point.
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Manufacturers are whining and moaning about a high pound, saying that they cannot export.
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It is no use moaning about it afterwards.
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We can continue moaning to this place, which takes not a blind bit of notice.
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I have been moaning about it for years, and hoping that we can get something better in its place.
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He is moaning, yet we are taking action.
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Will he simply refuse to listen to moaning minnies who put an alternative viewpoint?
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Everyone gets the notice and everyone starts moaning about the notice.
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That being so, they ought not to talk about us moaning.
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