moan

英 [məʊn] 美[mon]
  • vi. 抱怨,悲叹;呻吟
  • n. 呻吟声;悲叹
  • vt. 抱怨;呻吟着说
  • n. (Moan)人名;(法)莫昂

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词态变化


复数: moans;第三人称单数: moans;过去式: moaned;过去分词: moaned;现在分词: moaning;名词: moaner;

中文词源


moan 呻吟

可能来自拟声词,模仿呻吟的声音。

英文词源


moan (n.)
c. 1200, "lamentation, mourning, weeping; complaining, the expressing of complaints; a complaint; lover's complaint; accusation, charge," probably from an unrecorded Old English *man "complaint," related to Old English mænan "complain, moan," also "tell, intend, signify" (see mean (v.1)); but OED discounts this connection. Meaning "long, low inarticulate murmur from some prolonged pain" is first recorded 1670s, "with onomatopoeic suggestion" [OED].
moan (v.)
mid-13c., "mourn (someone); regret, bewail;" c. 1300, "to lament, grieve; utter moans;" probably from Old English *manan, related to mænan "to lament" (see moan (n.)). From 1724 as "to make a low, mournful sound." Related: Moaned; moaning.

双语例句


1. You can go see him and have a good old moan.
你可以去看看他,好好地诉诉苦。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Suddenly she gave a low, choking moan and began to tremble violently.
突然,她发出了一声低沉而哽咽的呻吟,然后剧烈地颤抖起来。

来自柯林斯例句

3. I loathe negativity. I can't stand people who moan.
我厌恶消极态度,不能忍受唉声叹气的人。

来自柯林斯例句

4. He let out this long ululating moan.
他发出这种痛苦的长嚎。

来自柯林斯例句

5. A moan escaped the patient.
那病人不禁呻吟了一声.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》