growl

Word family noungrowlergrowlerygrowlingadverbgrowlinglyverbgrowladjectivegrowly

growl /ɡraʊl/ verb

1 [intransitiveI]LOW SOUND OR VOICE if an animal growls, it makes a long deep angry sound 〔动物〕低声吼叫 → bark, snarl

growl at

The dog growled at me.

那狗冲着我低声吼叫。

2 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]LOW SOUND OR VOICEANGRY to say something in a low angry voice 怒气冲冲地低声说 SYN snarl

‘Get out of my way, ’ he growled.

“滚开。”他低声咆哮道。

growl at

‘Who are you?’ he growled at me.

“你是谁？”他冲着我低吼道。

► see thesaurus at say

—growl noun [countableC]

He heard a low growl behind him.

他听到身后一声低吼。

Examples from the Corpus

growl• ""Come over here and say that, '' he growled.• "Leave that alone, " she growled.• Barnabas dashed down the stairs and crouched by the mail slot, growling.• Instead, after work my stomach was always growling.• He walked into the house, growled a few words at my mother and then went upstairs to bed.• The sun came and went, thunder clouds growling and swirling up the valley.• Their dog growls at everyone.• When it got older it got real fat and started to growl at me.• The wolves are growling right outside our walls, and the gate damn well better hold.• Martin, growling savagely at the yobs, daring them to interfere.• The thin man complained and continued to argue but no-one took notice but Michael, who growled tersely at his cowardice.

Origin growl

(1600-1700) Probably from the sound

单词	growl
释义	growl Word family noungrowlergrowlerygrowlingadverbgrowlinglyverbgrowladjectivegrowly growl /ɡraʊl/ ●○○ verb 1 [intransitiveI]LOW SOUND OR VOICE if an animal growls, it makes a long deep angry sound 〔动物〕低声吼叫 → bark, snarl growl at The dog growled at me. 那狗冲着我低声吼叫。 2 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]LOW SOUND OR VOICEANGRY to say something in a low angry voice 怒气冲冲地低声说 SYN snarl ‘Get out of my way, ’ he growled. “滚开。”他低声咆哮道。 growl at ‘Who are you?’ he growled at me. “你是谁？”他冲着我低吼道。 ► see thesaurus at say —growl noun [countableC] He heard a low growl behind him. 他听到身后一声低吼。 Examples from the Corpus growl• ""Come over here and say that, '' he growled.• "Leave that alone, " she growled.• Barnabas dashed down the stairs and crouched by the mail slot, growling.• Instead, after work my stomach was always growling.• He walked into the house, growled a few words at my mother and then went upstairs to bed.• The sun came and went, thunder clouds growling and swirling up the valley.• Their dog growls at everyone.• When it got older it got real fat and started to growl at me.• The wolves are growling right outside our walls, and the gate damn well better hold.• Martin, growling savagely at the yobs, daring them to interfere.• The thin man complained and continued to argue but no-one took notice but Michael, who growled tersely at his cowardice. Origin growl (1600-1700) Probably from the sound
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