单词 | to make noises |
释义 | > as lemmasto make noises 4. In plural. Conventional remarks or speech-like sounds made to express a particular emotion or quality. Chiefly in to make noises: to make remarks or comments (esp. of a specified kind). Occasionally in singular. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak [verb (intransitive)] matheleOE speakc888 spellc888 yedc888 i-quethec900 reirdOE meldOE meleOE quidOE i-meleOE wordOE to open one's mouth (also lips)OE mootOE spellc1175 carpa1240 spilec1275 bespeakc1314 adda1382 mella1400 moutha1400 utter?a1400 lalec1400 nurnc1400 parlec1400 talkc1400 to say forthc1405 rekea1450 to say on1487 nevena1500 quinch1511 quetch1530 queckc1540 walk1550 cant1567 twang1602 articulate1615 tella1616 betalk1622 sermocinate1623 to give tongue1737 jaw1748 to break stillness1768 outspeaka1788 to give mouth1854 larum1877 to make noises1909 verbal1974 1909 H. G. Wells Tono-Bungay (U.K. ed.) ii. i. §4 142 ‘Thank you so much,’ she said... I fancy I made polite noises. 1956 N. Marsh Off with his Head (1957) v. 91 I suppose I ought to make a polite noise. 1971 Guardian 14 May 24/2 There is a temptation to see the hand of Tate and Lyle and Mr Cube in any political noises from the sugar trade. 1988 Trout & Salmon June 50/2 Noises have been made in Parliament and there is sterling work being done by the various conservation bodies to bring about sane levels of cropping. < as lemmas |
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