no obj.
1
- make a deep inarticulate sound conveying pain, despair, pleasure, etc（因痛苦、失望或愉悦而）呻吟, 发哼哼声：
Marty groaned and pulled the blanket over his head.
马蒂痛苦地呻吟了一声, 拉起毯子蒙住了头。
1.1
- with direct speech say something in a despairing or miserable tone（失望或痛苦地）呻吟着说：
'Oh God!' I groaned.
“噢, 上帝啊！”我呻吟道。
1.2
- complain; grumble抱怨; 不满地嘟囔：
they were moaning and groaning about management.
他们对管理层怨语不断。
2
- (of a thing) make a low creaking or moaning sound when pressure or weight is applied（物体受重压时）发嘎吱声：
James slumped back into his chair, making it groan and bulge.
詹姆士重重坐回椅子上, 椅子被压得吱嘎作响。
2.1
groan with/under
be heavily loaded with因承载…而吃重, 受…重压：tables groan with joints of venison.
桌子上堆满了大块大块的鹿肉, 有点吃不住了。
2.2
groan beneath/under
figurative be oppressed by〈喻〉受…的压迫：families groaning under mortgage increases.
被增加的抵押贷款压得透不过气来的家庭。
1
- a deep inarticulate sound conveying pain, despair or pleasure, etc（表示痛苦、失望或愉悦而发的）呻吟声。
1.1
- a complaint抱怨：
able to listen with sincerity to everyone's moans and groans.
能够诚恳地倾听每个人的申诉和抱怨。
2
- a low creaking or moaning sound made by an object or device under pressure（物体受重压时发出的）嘎吱声：
the protesting groan of timbers.
樑木不堪重负的嘎吱声。
短语
groan inwardly
- feel dismayed by something but remain silent暗暗叫苦, 内心叫苦：
everything has a tepid inevitability, and even as you smile you may be groaning inwardly.
每件事多少都有它的必然性。即使你是在笑, 你也可能在暗暗叫苦。
派生词
groaner
noungroaning
adjectivegroaningly
adverb词源
Old English grānian, of Germanic origin; related to German greinen 'grizzle， whine'， grinsen 'grin'， also probably to GRIN.