adv.出聲地；大聲地

He groaned aloud as he started to drag himself to his feet. 他一面拖著身體站起來，一面大聲地哼哼。

aloud有兩個含義,一是“出聲地”,二是“大聲地”,這取決于與其搭配的動詞。和read, think等動詞連用時,表示的是與“在腦中默讀〔想〕”相對的“出聲讀”和“把想到的自言自語說出來”,這時并不涉及聲音的大小; 和call, cry, shout等動詞連用時,則表示“大聲地”。

aloud不用于比較等級。