单词 | gnarring |
释义 | gnarringadj.ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > [adjective] > that snarls or growls snarry1582 gnarring1592 snarling1595 yarring1611 growling1705 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > sounds like animal or bird sounds > [adjective] > growl, snarl, or bark gnarring1592 bow-wow1785 1592 G. Harvey Foure Lett. 65 I seldom call a snarling curr, a curr, But wish the gnarring dog, as sweete a mouth As bravest horse, that feeleth golden spurr. 1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne iv. viii. 56 The gnarring porter durstnot whine. b. Of sound: Strident. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > shrill quality > [adjective] > harsh and shrill (of sound) stridulous1646 gnarringa1849 stridulent1874 a1849 J. C. Mangan Poems (1859) 114 The portal oped with a gnarring sound. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2018). > as lemmasˈgnarring 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. < adj.1592 as lemmas |
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