名詞 grunt:

1. the short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs
   同義詞：oink
2. an unskilled or low-ranking soldier or other worker
3. medium-sized tropical marine food fishes that utter grunting sounds when caught

動(dòng)詞 grunt:

1. issue a grunting, low, animal-like noise

1. I asked him what he thought, but he just grunted.
   我問(wèn)他在想什么，他只哼了一聲。
2. He gave a grunt of approval.
   他咕嚕了一聲表示同意。
3. He grunted as the bullet hit him.
   子彈擊中他時(shí)他疼得哼了出來(lái)。

grunt

v.（動(dòng)詞）
grunt.ed,grunt.ing,grunts
v.intr.（不及物動(dòng)詞）
To utter a deep, guttural sound, as a hog does.
喉鳴，作呼嚕聲：象豬一樣發(fā)出深沉的喉音
To utter a sound similar to a grunt, as in disgust.
發(fā)哼聲，咕噥：發(fā)出類似呼嚕的聲音，如因出于厭惡
v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
To utter or express with a deep, guttural sound:
咕噥著說(shuō)出：以深沉的喉音說(shuō)出或表示：
例句：
He merely grunted his approval.
他只是咕噥了一聲以表示同意

n.（名詞）
A deep, guttural sound.
咕噥聲：深沉的喉音
Any of various chiefly tropical marine fishes of the family Haemulidae that, upon removal from the water, produce grunting sounds by rubbing together tooth plates in the throat.
石鱸：主要產(chǎn)于熱帶海域的石鱸科魚(yú)類的一種，在脫離水面之時(shí)摩擦喉間而發(fā)出呼嚕聲
Slang An infantryman in the U.S. military, especially in the Vietnam War:
【俚語(yǔ)】 美軍步兵：美國(guó)軍隊(duì)中的步兵，尤為越南戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)中的步兵：
例句：
.They were called grunts . . . They were the infantrymen, the foot soldiers of the war.(Bernard Edelman)
.他們被稱為格朗茨…也就是步兵，戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)中徒步作戰(zhàn)的士兵.(伯納德·埃德?tīng)柭?/b>)

Slang One who performs routine or mundane tasks.
【俚語(yǔ)】 普通工作人員：處理日常工作與事務(wù)的人
New England Upstate New York A dessert made by dropping pieces of biscuit dough onto blueberries as they boil and then covering and steaming the mixture.
【新英格蘭】 【紐約州北部】 藍(lán)莓糕：一種將餅干面團(tuán)滴在煮沸的藍(lán)莓上再加蓋蒸煮的甜點(diǎn)心

來(lái)源：
Middle English grunten
中古英語(yǔ) grunten
from Old English grunnettan ; akin to probably akin to grunnian
源自 古英語(yǔ) grunnettan ；類似于 可能類似于 grunnian

【引伸】
grunt.er
n.（名詞）
grunt.ingly
adv.（副詞）