单词 | gnar |
释义 | gnarv. intransitive. To snarl, growl. (Cf. gnarl v.1) ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > make sound [verb (intransitive)] > snarl or growl garre1382 hurr1398 roina1450 gnar1496 snar1530 whurl1530 snarl1590 gnarl1596 grumble1608 yarr1611 whirr1706 growl1719 yirra1796 gargle1861 grrra1963 1496 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (de Worde) i. lviii. 100 He shall gnasche or gnare with his teeth. a1529 J. Skelton Why come ye nat to Courte (?1545) 297 For and this curre do gnar, They must stande all a far, To holde vp their hande at the bar. 1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie li. 305 Let those mastife dogs barke and gnarre as much as they list. 1630 J. Taylor Motto in Wks. ii. 44/2 Those will in their kennels lye And gnar and snarle, and grumble secretly. 1737 Albania 196 No lion here the traveller assails With midnight roar, nor ruthless panther gnars. 1868 J. C. Atkinson Gloss. Cleveland Dial. Gnarr, to growl, as a dog. Derivatives ˈgnarring n. ΚΠ 1652 T. Urquhart Εκσκυβαλαυρον 130 Like a snarling curr, that in his gnarring snatcheth at the taile. 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xiii. 107 He..was..surrounded..with the barking of Currs..gnarring [printed guarring] of Puppies. 1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present iii. iv. 209 With preternatural gnarring, growling and screeching..there began..this song. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1496 |
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