English Dictionary

grunter

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈɡɹʌntə/

名詞

俗語 古風

One who grunts. / Any of a group of fish of the family Terapontidae, which make a grunting sound when caught. / (slang) A pig. / (dated, brass founding) A hook used in lifting a crucible.

日本語の意味

唸り声を上げる者、つまり、うなり声を出す人・動物。 / テラポン科に属する魚で、捕獲時に唸るような音を出すもの。 / 俗語としての「豚」。 / （時代遅れ・鋳造用語）坩堝を持ち上げるために使用されるフック。

The grunter at the construction site finished his shift before dawn.

工事現場でうなり声を上げる人は夜明け前にシフトを終えた。

意味（1）

One who grunts.

Dalton, the winner of nine grand slam doubles titles, claims she would have been prepared to forfeit a match against the grunter par excellence, Maria Sharapova — and has urged the current generation of tennis players to do so.

意味（2）

Any of a group of fish of the family Terapontidae, which make a grunting sound when caught.

意味（3）

(slang) A pig.

We did but keep you surety for our son, / If this be he, — or a draggled mawkin, thou, / That tends her bristled grunters in the sludge[.]

意味（4）

(dated, brass founding) A hook used in lifting a crucible.

grunters （ plural ）