单词 | chickering |
释义 | > as lemmasˈchickering ˈchickering adj. that chickers; that makes a noise consisting of repeated light tremulous sounds. ΚΠ 1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel II. 168 While chick'ring cricket sings. 1861 A. L. Spedon Tales Canad. Forest 91 The chickering squirrel was scampering homeward with the last budget of his stolen fruit. 1913 E. H. Wilson Naturalist in W. China II. xi. 115 [The female Reeves Pheasant] then takes flight, making a curious chickering noise, and quickly dodges behind a tree-trunk. 2018 C. M. Heidicker Attack 50 Foot Wallflower 240 It [sc. an ant] lifted its giant mandibles toward the moon and emitted a chickering sound. < as lemmas |
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