释义 |
yirr, v. Sc.|jɪr| [Possibly repr. OE. ᵹyrran, *ᵹirran (see yerr), but probably an independent echoic formation.] intr. To snarl, growl. So yirr n., a snarl, growl.
1786Burns Ep. to Maj. Logan ii, When idly goavan whyles we saunter; Yirr! fancy barks. 1815G. Beattie John o' Arnha' (1826) 63 The watch-dogs yirr'd and yowf'd wi' fright. 1825Jamieson, Yirr, the growl of a dog. 1890Service Notandums xix. 125 If ony whillywha o' an Englisher should yirr and mak a kilfudyoch aboot the words he doesna ken. |