单词 | whurl |
释义 | † whurlv. Obsolete. intransitive. To make a roaring or rumbling noise; to purr, as a cat; to snarl or growl, as a dog. (Cf. wharl v., whirr v. 3a, 3b.) ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > make sound [verb (intransitive)] > roar or bellow roarOE bellOE yellOE romya1325 droun1340 bellow1486 shouta1500 whurl1530 rout1554 fream1575 brill1863 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 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > roaring or bellowing > roar or bellow [verb (intransitive)] bellowc1000 roarOE routc1400 rummish?a1500 rerea1525 hurl1530 whurl1530 bullerc1550 broll1660 gurl1790 snore1823 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > felis domesticus (cat) > [verb (intransitive)] > purr whurl1530 curl?1533 purr1620 purla1641 thruma1810 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [verb (intransitive)] > growl girnc1440 rase1440 narr1509 snar1530 whurl1530 arr1600 yarr1611 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 781/2 This wynde whorleth so I can nat here. 1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. v. f. 81v Ye vse of the eares could not serue for one to receiue counsel..at an other, the wynd whyrlid so amonges the leaues. 1607 T. Middleton Revengers Trag. iv. sig. G3 He whurles and rotles in the throate. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 105 How [the cat] whurleth with her voyce. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Gronder, to whurle, whurre, yarre, like a dog that is angrie. DerivativesΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > speech sound by manner > [noun] > sonant > liquid > trill > burr wharling1610 rattle1743 wharl1748 burr1760 whurl1797 birr1837 uvula trill1869 1797 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 112/1 The commonalty are..distinguished by a kind of shibboleth or whurle, being a particular way of pronouncing the letter R, as if they hawked it up from the wind-pipe, like the cawing of rooks. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > roaring or bellowing > [noun] reirdc1330 bellowing1393 roaringa1398 routinga1425 whurling1495 rummishing?a1500 roara1522 boation1646 intonation1658 fremitus1820 bellow1827 fremescence1837 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > roaring or bellowing > [adjective] crying1398 roaringc1425 whurling1495 reirding1591 routinga1609 bellowing1619 bombardical1645 rummishing1653 polyphloisboian1824 polyphloisboiotic1843 polyphloisboiic1863 polyphloisbic1915 1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) xi. ii In ye eeres wynde makith whystlyng and whorlinge [Bodl. MS. trongelinge] and ryngynge. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde ii. ii. f. 58 The sea, raged and rored..with a horrible whurlinge. 1625 in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1624–9 (1909) 51 The flying shoot..macking such a wherling noyse in the ayere. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < v.1495 |
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