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  • Conjugation : past  rumbled ; ing  rumbling
  • Derivatives : n  rumbler ; adj  rumbly ; adv  rumblingly
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

rumble ['r^mbl]
  1. 1. noun [of thunder] [ traffic] [ guns] 隆隆声
  2. 2. vi. [stomach+] 咕噜作响
  3. 3. vi. [thunder] [ guns] [ traffic+] 发隆隆声
  4. 4. vi. (also: rumble along) 隆隆行进

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

rumble [ˈrʌmbl]
  1. 1. n.[c] 隆隆声,辘辘声
    He gave a low rumble of husky laughter.
    发出低沉沙哑笑声
  2. 2. n.[c] 马车后座马车行李厢
    The quiet was broken by the rumble of a truck.
    寂静被一辆卡车隆隆声打破了。
  3. 3. n.[c] [American English] [Slang] 群殴打群架
    He got into a rumble with a group of about five teenagers.
    他和五个十几岁的少年打群架
  4. 4. vi. 隆隆作响发出辘辘声
    The thunder was still rumbling about overhead.
    头顶上空雷鸣不断
    As she passed the buffet car her stomach rumbled.
    走过餐车时,她饥肠辘辘
  5. 5. vt. 使隆隆作响,使发出辘辘声
    Heavy trucks rumble through the streets everynight.
    重型卡车每晚隆隆作响穿过街道
    Stones grumbled down the cliff.
    石头轰隆隆滚下悬崖
    He grumbled a rude response.
    咕哝着回了句粗话
  6. 6. vi. 隆隆行进或驶过
    Across the high viaduct rumbles a late train.
    一趟晚班列车隆隆驶过高架铁路
  7. 7. vi. 低沉的说,咕哝嘟囔
    He had a loud, jolly voice which rumbled round the room.
    他那欢快高昂声音房间回荡
  8. 8. vi. 群殴打群架
    He could hear the traffic rumbling a couple of streets away.
    能够听到数条街道以外车轮辘辘声。

Collins English-English Dictionary

rumble ['r^mbəl]
  1. 1. vb to make or cause to make a deep resonant sound
    thunder rumbled in the sky
  2. 2. vb to move with such a sound
    the train rumbled along
  3. 3. vt. [tr] to utter with a rumbling sound
    he rumbled an order
  4. 4. vt. [tr] to tumble (metal components, gemstones, etc) in a barrel of smooth stone in order to polish them
  5. 5. vt. [tr] [Brit] [Spoken] to find out about (someone or something); discover (something)
    the police rumbled their plans
  6. 6. vi. [intr] [US] [Slang] to be involved in a gang fight
  7. 7. n a deep resonant sound
  8. 8. n a widespread murmur of discontent
  9. 9. n another name for tumbler
  10. 10. n [US, Canadian, and NZ] [Slang] a gang fight
  11. 11. n [Etymology] C14: perhaps from Middle Dutch rummelen; related to German rummeln, rumpeln

Examples

The quiet was broken by the rumble of a truck.
寂静被一辆卡车的隆隆声打破了。
Heavy trucks rumble through the streets everynight.
重型卡车每晚隆隆作响地穿过街道。
I declare, I can hear their voices above the rumble of the train!
天哪,在火车的隆隆声中,我都能听见他们的声音。
雷声隆隆
the rumble (or roll) of thunder
晚上,街上卡车的呼隆声吵得我们没法睡觉。
At night, the rumble of the trucks on the street made us unable to fall asleep.
电闪雷鸣
a flash of lightning and the rumble of thunder

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