ADJECTIVE | VERB + MOAN | MOAN + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤faint, 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 + MOAN➤emit, give, let out, make, utter發出呻吟➤stifle, suppress忍住呻吟▸➤hear聽到呻吟MOAN + VERB➤come 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。PREPOSITION➤with 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PHRASES➤the moan of the wind蕭蕭風聲➡ note at soundmoan
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1make a low sound of pain/pleasure因痛苦或高興而發出低聲ADVERB | PREPOSITIONADVERB➤loudly大聲呻吟▸➤lightly, quietly, slightly, softly輕輕呻吟PREPOSITION➤in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
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2 (especially BrE) complain抱怨ADVERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADVERB➤on繼續抱怨◇They kept moaning on about their illnesses.他們不停地抱怨自己的病。PREPOSITION➤about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。PHRASES➤moan 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。