moan

• vi.不平を言う、嘆く；うめく
• n. うめく；嘆く
• vt. 不満を言う；うめく
• n. （モアン）人の名前；（仏）モアン

おそらくオノマトペで、うめき声を真似ているのだろう。

moan (n.)

c. 1200, "lamentation, mourning, weeping; complaining, the expressing of complaints; a complaint; lover's complaint; accusation, charge," probably from an unrecorded Old English *man "complaint," related to Old English m?nan "complain, moan," also "tell, intend, signify" (see mean (v.1)); but OED discounts this connection. Meaning "long, low inarticulate murmur from some prolonged pain" is first recorded 1670s, "with onomatopoeic suggestion" [OED].

moan (v.)

mid-13c., "mourn (someone); regret, bewail;" c. 1300, "to lament, grieve; utter moans;" probably from Old English *manan, related to m?nan "to lament" (see moan (n.)). From 1724 as "to make a low, mournful sound." Related: Moaned; moaning.

1. You can go see him and have a good old moan .

彼を見に行って、よく苦情を訴えることができます。

2.Suddenly she gave a low,choking moan and began to tremble violently.

突然、彼女は低くてむせび泣くうめき声を上げ、激しく震えた。

3.I loathe negativity.I can 't stand people who moan .

私は消極的な態度が嫌いで、ため息をつく人には耐えられない。

4.He let out this long ulululating moan .

彼はこのような苦痛の長い叫びを発した。

5.A moan escaped the patient.

その患者は思わずうめき声を上げた。