Grunt

(noun.) medium-sized tropical marine food fishes that utter grunting sounds when caught.

(noun.) the short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs.

(noun.) an unskilled or low-ranking soldier or other worker; 'infantrymen in Vietnam were called grunts'; 'he went from grunt to chairman in six years'.

(verb.) issue a grunting, low, animal-like noise; 'He grunted his reluctant approval'.

录入:厄普顿

• Hold your tongue, you are a Whig, said Elliston; and George Lamb was silent, after a grunt. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• With a deprecatory grunt, the jackal again complied. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Sir James gave a small grunt, which was less respectful than his usual mode of answering his mother. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• The listening boy gave a grunt here, as much as to say 'But he strikes ME though! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Mr. Helstone pushed out his cynical lip, wrinkled his brown forehead, and gave an inarticulate grunt. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• The stranger, with a comfortable kind of grunt over his pipe, put his legs up on the settle that he had to himself. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Kerchak grunted and turned away, for he was jealous of this strange member of his band. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• Sarkoja and the other women grunted angrily at this evidence of weakness on the part of Sola. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• Pilar grunted. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• Pablo looked at her and grunted. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• As I returned, Lorquas Ptomel grunted something at me, and turning to his warriors gave a few words of command relative to the incubator. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• His face was sweating and he grunted. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• Pablo grunted. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• They did not see him again for several days, nor did the captain accord them more than the surliest of grunts when he was forced to speak to them. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• Hermione laughed in her short, grunting fashion. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Hermione gave a queer, grunting sound. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Had they, their squealing and grunting would have grown to such a volume as to attract the attention of the warriors within the buildings. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• Why, how call you those grunting brutes running about on their four legs? 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.

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