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moan

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音标发音

  • 英式音标 [məʊn]
  • 美式音标 [moʊn]
  • 国际音标 [məun]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • 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

词根记忆

  • 你是否听过月亮(moon)上嫦娥的呜咽(moan)

同根派生

  • moan

用法辨析

    v. (动词)

  • moan的基本意思是“呻吟”“悲叹”,指发出一种低沉的、拉长的、含糊不清的声音,以表明身心遭受痛苦,也可引申指“痛苦”“抱怨”等。
  • moan既可用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词。用作及物动词时,可接名词、代词或以that引导的从句作宾语; 用作不及物动词时,常与about, for, over等词连用,表示“为…而抱怨〔悲叹〕”。

英汉例句

    用作名词 (n.)

  • From time to time there was a moan of pain from the sick man.
    病人不时发出一声声痛苦的呻吟。

    • 用作动词 (v.)

    用作不及物动词: S+～(+A)

  • The sick woman moaned.
    那位生病的女人在呻吟。

    • 用作及物动词: S+～+ n./pron.

  • The prisoner moaned a prayer for help.
    囚犯呻吟着祈求帮助。

    • S+～+that-clause

  • She wept and moaned that her husband had abandoned her.
    她哭泣着悲叹丈夫遗弃了她。

词组短语

    用作名词 (n.)

    动词+～

  • emit 〔let out〕 a moan 发出呻吟
  • silence the moan 使呻吟声沉寂

    • ～+介词

  • a moan from 从…传来的呻吟声
  • a moan of … 的呻吟声

    • 用作动词 (v.)

    ～+副词

  • moan agonizingly 极其痛苦地呻吟
  • moan ceaselessly 不停地呻吟
  • moan disconsolately 不快地悲叹

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • (SOUND) to make a long, low sound of pain, suffering, or another strong emotion
  • (COMPLAIN) to make a complaint in an unhappy voice, usually about something that does not seem important to other people
  • (SOUND) a long, low sound of pain, suffering, or another strong emotion
  • (COMPLAINT) the act of complaining about something, or a complaint

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • If you moan, you make a low sound, usually because you are unhappy or in pain.
  • Moan is also a noun.
  • To moan means to complain or speak in a way which shows that you are very unhappy.
  • A moan is a complaint.