| 单词 | moan |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [məun] |
| 解释 | v./n.(痛苦地/的)呻吟；(不满地/的)抱怨 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 v./n. (痛苦的)呻吟；(不满 的)抱怨(a complaint) 【例】 He is always moaning his luck. |
| 字源 | 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. |
| 不择手段背单词 | 无 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】象声，呻吟声；音：妈哎 【相关】mourn 哀悼, 忧伤 |
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