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BNC: 6537 COCA: 7649

moan

1 moan /ˈmoʊn/ verb
moans; moaned; moaning
1 moan
/ˈmoʊn/
verb
moans; moaned; moaning
Learner's definition of MOAN
[no object] : to make a long, low sound because of pain, unhappiness, or physical pleasure呻吟
[no object] : to express unhappiness about something : complain抱怨
[+ object] : to say (something) in a way that shows pain or unhappiness呻吟着说
[no object] : to make a long, low sound发出呼啸声

— moaner

/ˈmoʊnɚ/ noun, plural moaners [count]
2 moan /ˈmoʊn/ noun
plural moans
2 moan
/ˈmoʊn/
noun
plural moans
Learner's definition of MOAN
[count]
: a long, low sound that someone makes because of pain, unhappiness, or physical pleasure呻吟声;鸣咽声
: a long, low sound呼啸声
British, informal : a complaint about something抱怨
BNC: 6537 COCA: 7649

moan

1 of 2

noun

1
: lamentation, complaint
… made a great moan if he had to work … D. H. Lawrence
2
: a low prolonged sound of pain or of grief
a moan of distress

moan

2 of 2

verb

moaned; moaning; moans

transitive verb

1
: to bewail audibly : lament
2
: to utter with moans

intransitive verb

1
2
a
: to make a moan : groan
b
: to emit a sound resembling a moan
the wind moaned in the trees
moaner noun

Synonyms

Noun

Verb

Example Sentences

Noun She let out a long, deep moan. the moan of the wind the moan of the car's engine Verb The wounded soldier moaned in pain. He moaned with pleasure as she rubbed his back. We were all moaning about the cold, rainy weather. He's always moaning about his salary. The children were moaning and groaning all morning, but their mother would not let them go outside. I'm tired of all his moaning and groaning about his salary. “But I don't want to go,” moaned the boy. The wind moaned in the trees. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
The 34-second clip set social media ablaze, with many people gobsmacked that anything, let alone what sounds like an eerie, guttural moan, could escape a black hole. Annabelle Timsit, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2022 The 34-second clip set social media ablaze, with many people gobsmacked that anything, let alone what sounds like an eerie, guttural moan, could escape a black hole. Annabelle Timsit, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Aug. 2022 Commenced with a fiddle introduction that evoked the long, slow moan of a steam-train whistle, the Zeppelin staple shook with Malian-leaning rhythms. Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2022 Readers sent in their poems, The Times released a great moan, Making readers even more manic. New York Times, 6 May 2022 Perhaps indie rock doesn’t need another moan of 21st-century disaffection. Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 28 May 2022 The air grew heavy with anticipation and then, low and deep and melancholy as whale song, came the first moan of a ship’s horn. New York Times, 12 May 2022 Check out the ghostly moan below: This content is imported from YouTube. Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 6 May 2022 The song is pulled together by — what else? — the lonesome moan of a saxophone, provided by P.E.’s Benjamin Jaffe. Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 16 Feb. 2022
Verb
Your trick-or-treaters and guests will turn on their heels the minute old Drake starts to moan and scream. Kevin Cortez, Popular Mechanics, 15 Sep. 2022 Some pundits are simply perma-bears that moan and groan about how the market will collapse taking you and civilization with it. Clem Chambers, Forbes, 16 June 2022 So King came to the camp and fell into its desultory rhythm marked by the white noise of daytime traffic below and moan of the fog horns at night. Ruben Vivesstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2022 In Europe, farmers used to moan about Ukraine’s cheaper food imports coming into the market. Aine Quinn, Bloomberg.com, 24 Apr. 2022 As Jessie continues to moan, the notion of the show dealing with a pregnancy becomes not just possible, but probable. Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 24 Mar. 2022 But whereas Android phones would run out of puff quickly or occasionally moan about getting too hot, the 13 Pro just ticked along nicely. Yoni Heisler, BGR, 15 Mar. 2022 The pianist is instructed by Mr. Crumb to sing, shout and moan at various points in the series. Vivien Schweitzer, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2022 Fans who complained that announcers talked too much didn’t moan about the deadpan Summerall. Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun and Verb

Middle English mone, from Old English *mān

First Known Use

Noun

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of moan was in the 13th century
BNC: 6537 COCA: 7649
moan

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + MOAN | MOAN + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEfaint, little, low, quiet, small, soft微弱的呻吟;輕聲的嗚咽deep低沉的嗚咽muffled隱隱約約的嗚咽聲loud大聲的呻吟VERB + MOANemit, give, let out, make, utter發出呻吟stifle, suppress忍住呻吟hear聽到呻吟MOAN + VERBcome from sb/sb's mouth, escape sb/sb's mouth呻吟聲來自某人;某人不自覺發出呻吟A low moan of despair escaped her as she realized what had gone wrong.她意識到是什麼事不對勁時,不由得發出了一聲絕望的低吟。PREPOSITIONwith a moan呻吟着He staggered about ten yards and fell down with a moan.他搖搖晃晃地走了大約 10 碼遠,呻吟了一聲就倒下了。moan of⋯的呻吟a moan of pleasure / pain / despair快活的/痛苦的/絕望的呻吟PHRASESthe moan of the wind蕭蕭風聲 note at sound
moan

verb¹

1make a low sound of pain/pleasure因痛苦或高興而發出低聲ADVERB | PREPOSITION ADVERBloudly大聲呻吟lightly, quietly, slightly, softly輕輕呻吟PREPOSITIONin因⋯而呻吟He moaned in despair.他絕望地呻吟了一聲。with由於⋯而呻吟She was still conscious and was moaning loudly with pain.她神志仍然清醒,只是痛得大聲呻吟。
moan

verb²

2 (especially BrE) complain抱怨ADVERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADVERBon繼續抱怨They kept moaning on about their illnesses.他們不停地抱怨自己的病。PREPOSITIONabout抱怨⋯What are you moaning about now?你在嘟囔些什麼?at向⋯發牢騷My parents moan at me if I'm home late.如果我回家晚了,父母就會對我發牢騷。to對⋯抱怨She's always moaning to me that she doesn't have enough money.她總是向我抱怨說錢不夠花。PHRASESmoan and groan咕噥The children climbed into the bus, moaning and groaning.孩子們咕噥着登上了公共汽車。

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