n.吠聲；咆哮聲

v.怒吠；咆哮；吼

I kicked the dog, which responded by growling/with a growl. 我踢了那條狗，它便狂吠起來。

The dog evinced its dislike of stranger by growl. 犬以咆哮表示憎惡生人。

He answered the question with growl. 他咆哮著回答了這個(gè)問題。

The dog growled at me. 那狗向我咆哮。

We heard the thunder growling in the distance. 我們聽見遠(yuǎn)處隆隆的雷聲。

Back in the kitchen, he began to growl. 他回到了廚房，開始吼叫。

growl的基本含義是“吼”,可指狗等發(fā)怒時(shí)“嚎叫”、雷聲等“轟鳴”,也可指人“咆哮著說”,指因某事而發(fā)怒以至說話時(shí)非常激動(dòng)。

growl多用作不及物動(dòng)詞,也可用作及物動(dòng)詞,用作不及物動(dòng)詞時(shí),后接抽象名詞或that引導(dǎo)的從句作賓語。也可引出直接引語。