| 释义 |
crood, croud, v. Sc.
Also 6 crowd.
[Echoic.]
intr. To make the murmuring sound of a dove. (Also, to croak: see quot. 1710.)
1513Douglas æneis xii. Prol. 237 The cowschet crowdis and pirkis on the rys. 1619Z. Boyd Last Battell (1629) 299 (Jam.) Turtles crouding with sighes and grones. 1710Ruddiman Gloss. to Douglas' æneis, Crowde, to curr like a dove. We now use it Scot. for the noise of frogs. 1785Burns To W. Simpson xii, While thro' the braes the cushat croods With wailfu' cry! |