bleat
英 [bliːt]
美 [blit]
- vi. 咩咩叫；胡扯；抱怨
- vt. 咩咩地叫；愚蠢地講
- n. 咩咩叫聲
助記提示
1. 諧音“不理它” --- 羊因為你不理它，所以就咩咩地叫來抱怨、訴苦。
2. *bl- => blah-blah, blow, ...
3. bleat 哭訴，叫（小羊牛） “不理它的哭訴”
中文詞源
英文詞源
- bleat (v.)
- Old English blætan, from West Germanic *bhle- (source also of Dutch blaten "to bleat"), of imitative origin (compare Greek blekhe "a bleating; the wailing of children," Old Church Slavonic blejat "to bleat," Latin flere "to weep"). Related: Bleated; bleating.
- bleat (n.)
- c. 1500, from bleat (v.).
雙語例句
- 1. He heard the bleat of a lamb.
- 他聽到小羊的叫聲.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. She wanted to scream, but all that would come out was this faint bleat.
- 她想尖叫，但最終隻是發出了這麽微弱的呻吟。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. There came the bleat of horns.
- 遠處傳來喇叭聲.
來自辭典例句
- 4. The victim gave a bleat of terror.
- 那個受害者發出一聲恐懼的哀鳴.
來自辭典例句
- 5. They bleat about how miserable they are.
- 他們訴說他們的生活是多麽悲慘.
來自辭典例句