单词 | pule |
释义 | pulen. Now rare. The action of puling; whining or plaintive utterance; a whine. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > cry of grief > [noun] > feeble, plaintive, or peevish cry or crying whiningc1440 whinge?a1513 whimperingc1522 puling?1529 whewling1609 whine1633 whindle1647 whindling1648 pipation1656 whimper1699 whinging1720 pule1812 whinner1840 mewl1857 whinneringa1871 whimp1925 whininess1934 1812 J. Bell Rhymes Northern Bards 166 Wold you please to hear of a sang of dule, Of yea sad chance and pittifow case, Makes the peur man powt through many a pule. 1893 F. Espinasse Lit. Recoll. ix. 367 The melancholy book..made by Matthew Arnold the theme of some of his melodious pule. 1970 D. Barthelme City Life 5 This does not distract him from his plaint, which rises to a shriek, sinks to a pule. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pulev. 1. intransitive. To pipe plaintively, as a chicken, or the young of any animal; also applied to the mewing cry of a kite. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > make sound [verb (intransitive)] > whistle or chirp whistlec1000 wlitec1200 pipec1275 chirkc1386 chirtc1386 pulea1398 whitter1513 cheepa1522 peep1534 churtle1570 chipper1593 crick1601 grill1688 crink1781 yeep1834 chip1868 the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [verb (intransitive)] > cry (of other birds) pulea1398 frill1677 the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > genus Gallus (domestic fowl) > [verb (intransitive)] > make sound pulea1398 chick1440 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 149v When he [sc. the kite] hungriþ, he sechiþ his mete pewlynge [a1425 Morgan pewynge] wiþ voys of pleynynge & of mone. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes To crie or pule like a kite. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Piauler,..to pule, or howle (as a young whelpe). 1631 S. Jerome Arraignem. Whole Creature v. 40 Hunger..makes the Lyons roare,..the Chicke chirpe, the Kite pule. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Poultry In case she hears any one pule, she must presently see if the little Animal does not require some Help to get out of the Shell. 1827 J. Watt Poems 98 Foxy frae 'mang the whins steals peulin', Syne sic a hooin', sic a yeulin'. 1975 P. Dow in Boundary 2 4 153 A lamb lay pewling folded in stupor. 2. intransitive. To cry in a thin or weak voice, as a child; to cry in a querulous tone; to whine, complain, whimper. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [verb (intransitive)] > whimper whimper1513 mewla1530 pulea1535 whimp1549 mew1602 the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > cry of grief > cry with grief [verb (intransitive)] > cry feebly or plaintively whingea1150 whinec1275 plaina1425 fipple?1507 whimper1513 mewla1530 pulea1535 whimp1549 whewla1560 simper1613 whindle1709 grizzle1842 squinny1847 wimick1850 mizzlea1935 a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) ii. xiiii. sig. H.iii Yet can this peuishe Gyrle neuer cease whining and puling for feare. 1556 J. Olde tr. R. Gwalther Antichrist f. 148 Ye soules that lye pewling in the paynles paynes of his pikepurce purgatoire. 1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida iii. sig. F2v We wring our selues into this wretched world, To pule, and weepe, exclaime, to curse and raile. 1633 J. Ford Broken Heart iv. ii. sig. K1v Wherefore should I pule, and like a girle, Put finger in the eye. 1713 Guardian 3 Sept. 2/1 When he is puling for Bohea Tea and Cream. 1816 J. Gilchrist Philos. Etymol. 230 A feeble, finical race, mawkishly puling about taste. 1877 ‘Mrs. Forrester’ Mignon I. 39 Don't come puling to me when it's too late. 1961 Buchan Observer 28 Feb. It's a' owin' tae that han'less ull-gaited vratch sittin' peowlin' an' greetin' there on the deece. 2000 News-Press (Fort Myers, Florida) (Nexis) 25 Nov. 9 j Drivers who would rather mince and mewl and pule about low pay rather than standing up to say they're quitting. 3. transitive. To utter or say (something) in a whining or querulous tone. Also with direct speech as object. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > say in a particular manner [verb (transitive)] > with a sigh or unhappily pule1535 suspirec1550 sigh1553 sob1782 sough1816 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [verb (transitive)] > whine pule1535 whine1698 sough1816 mewl1819 the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > cry of grief > cry with grief [verb (transitive)] > utter in a whimper pule1535 whimper1785 mewl1819 1535 Goodly Prymer in Eng. sig. K.iv We haue..pituously pewled forthe a certayne sorte of psalmes..for the soules of our christen bretherne & sistern. 1599 M. Drayton Idea in Englands Heroicall Epist. (new ed.) sig. P4 I say you loue, you pule me out a no. 1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. H3v A second [Puppet-Priest] pules, Hence, hence, profane. 1668 F. Kirkman Eng. Rogue II. vii. sig. F3v With a sorrowful voice..she pewled out these words. 1812 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 34 235 In limbo pent it pules a curse. 1968 Listener 13 June 785/2 ‘I'll tell God about you,’ pules our hero characteristically. 2000 Rocky Mountain News (Denver) (Nexis) 6 Dec. 6 a It's their fault, not mine, Joseph Bini puled. 4. intransitive. To pine or waste away. Cf. puling adj. 2. Now rare and archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > wasting disease > have wasting disease [verb (intransitive)] dwinec1000 shrinkc1000 swindOE wastea1300 pinea1325 rot1340 tapishc1375 wastea1387 consume1495 decaya1538 winder1600 pule1607 moch1818 to run down1826 tabefy1891 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 241 All other kind of Cattell when they are sicke consume and pule away by little and little, onely Goates perish suddenly. 1706 J. Watson Choice Coll. Scots Poems i. 44 [He] bad her [sc. a mare] pass to Listoun Shields, And peul amang the Heather. 1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 389 The way of a sick animal; it leaves its comrades, and gaes peuling about alone. 1979 P. O'Brian Fortune of War v. 175 You will eat your heart out—pule into a decline. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1812v.a1398 |
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