n.呻吟声；抱怨声

vt.抱怨；呻吟

vi.呻吟；抱怨

Each time she moved her head she let out a moan. 她每转动一下头，就发出一声呻吟。

A moan escaped the badly wounded soldier. 那个重伤员不禁呻吟了一声。

His constant moan is that no one understands him. 他老是抱怨没有人理解他。

She moaned her misfortunes to anyone who would listen. 她向任何乐于听的人哀叹命运不济。

"I'm so stiff I can't move," Jane moaned. "我浑身发僵，动弹不得，"简呻吟着说。

Suddenly he began to moan in his sleep. 突然他在睡梦中开始呻吟。

What is he moaning about? 他在发什么牢骚？

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〕”。