| 释义 |
▪ I. curr, v.|kɜː(r), kʌrr|
[Echoic: cf. Da. kurren to coo, to whirr, and the verbs mentioned under cur.]
To make a low murmuring sound, like the cooing of a dove or purring of a cat. Hence ˈcurring vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1677N. Cox Gent. Recreat. iii. 57 When you have so tamed them [Nightingales] that they begin to Cur and Sweet with chearfulness, and record softly to themselves. a1693Urquhart Rabelais iii. xiii. 107 The..curring of Pigeons..curkling of Quails. 1798Wordsw. Idiot Boy xxi, The owlets hoot, the owlets curr. 1855G. Donald in Whistle-binkie (1890) II. 87 Cheetie, Cheetie pussie..by fireside curring, Sang contented purring. 1860Thomas in Zoologist X. 3651 [The note of the fern-owl] resembled..the whirring, rapid rotation of a wheel..the sounds intermixed with curring and croaking notes.
▪ II. curr, n.
[Echoic: cf. prec.]
A curring sound.
1867Blackw. Mag. Feb. 148 They'll send the stanes spinnin Wi a whirr and a curr till they sit round the tee. |