单词 | out-bray |
释义 | out-brayv.1 transitive. To bray out or utter; to outdo in braying or harsh utterance. Cf. bray v.1 4. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or exclamation > cry or exclaim [verb (transitive)] to bolk out1382 cryc1384 belchc1500 out-braya1561 to cry out1597 belvea1794 re-ejaculate1826 sing1833 ejaculate1853 explete1902 Great-Scott1902 yip1927 the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > say in a particular manner [verb (transitive)] > throatily or harshly jangle1377 brayc1400 out-braya1561 yawp1567 throttle1582 swoop1605 throat?1611 caw1616 gargle1635 snarl1693 growl1759 croak1791 rasp1877 to grind out1889 grate1921 a1561 G. Cavendish Metrical Visions (1980) 517 Hir voyce she owt brayd. 1563 T. Sackville in W. Baldwin et al. Myrrour for Magistrates (new ed.) Induct. sig. Q.i Whose rufull voyce no sooner had out brayed Those wofull wordes. 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. ii. xii. 320 For it enraged rave's, and idle talke outbrayes. 1849 J. L. Motley Merry-mount II. xv. 183 The governor must even borrow the archangel's trumpet to outbray the voice of this respectable person, whom I take to be the crier of the court. 1909 A. Bierce Coll. Wks. V. 79 Till storm and counter-storm are both allayed, Like donkeys, each by t'other one outbrayed. 1999 Financial Times (Nexis) 12 Apr. (Books section) 6 Once upon a time the movie Minnelli dazzled us with her pixie face, tremolo personality and voice that could outbray an entire brass section. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † out-brayv.2 Obsolete. transitive. To beat out or pound out. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry or shout [verb (transitive)] > roar or bellow > outdo outroara1616 out-bellow1623 out-bray1806 1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. iv. 71 A cart containing a million of iron bars, which you must out-bray. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < v.1a1561v.21806 |
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