rumbling
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++rum·bling /ˈrʌmblɪŋ/ noun 1 rumblings [plural]COMPLAIN remarks that show that people are starting to become annoyed, or that a difficult situation is developing 怨声；〔情况恶化的〕传闻，风声 rumblings of discontent 啧有烦言 There have been rumblings about the need for better computers. 人们一直抱怨说需要更先进的电脑。2 [countable usually singular]CSSOUND a series of long low sounds 隆隆的声音 We heard a rumbling behind us. 我们听到后面传来隆隆的声音。
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rumbling• Over the five days of the championship there have been rumblings about the ice and the stones.• There are similar internal domestic rumblings.• But it's different, there's a strange hush in the air and the endless rumbling of 50,000 cannon shells.• But as the decade wore on, there came the first rumblings that something was wrong.• As he left, the crowd broke up, and I heard rumblings of disappointment about having to hang around.• These techniques smooth ruffled feathers, paper over cracks, subdue ominous rumblings.• I hear moans, shrieks, rumbling, and clatter.• There are similar rumblings to the east.• the rumbling of thunder• There were rumblings of discontent among the students.rum·bling nounChineseSyllable
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rumbling
rum‧bling /ˈrʌmblɪŋ/
noun
1. rumblings [plural] remarks that show that people are starting to become annoyed, or that a difficult situation is developing:
rumblings of discontent
There have been rumblings about the need for better computers.
2. [countable usually singular] a series of long low sounds:
We heard a rumbling behind us.
rum‧bling /ˈrʌmblɪŋ/
noun1. rumblings [plural] remarks that show that people are starting to become annoyed, or that a difficult situation is developing:
2. [countable usually singular] a series of long low sounds: