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单词 crout
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croutv.

Brit. /kruːt/, /kraʊt/, U.S. /krut/, /kraʊt/, Scottish English /krut/
Forms: Also croot.
Etymology: apparently onomatopoeic: the initial part being as in crow , croak , creak , and kindred verbs, and the latter part imitative or suggestive of abrupt or grunting sound: compare also croud , crood v.
Scottish.
intransitive. To make abrupt croaking or murmuring noises; to coo as a dove. Rarely transitive.
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c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 31 The dou croutit hyr sad sang.
1613 P. Forbes Comm. Rev. (1614) 158 (Jam.) Men led with the spirit of Satan..sent abroad, as crouting frogges.
1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xiii. 107 The..crouting of Cormorants.
1806 R. Jamieson Pop. Ballads I. 298 (Jam.) And O, as he rattled and roar'd, And graen'd, and mutter'd, and crouted.
1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (at cited word) The belly is said to croot, when there is a noise in the intestines.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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