释义 |
cluckcluck1 /klʌk/ verb cluck1Origin: 1400-1500 From the sound VERB TABLEcluck |
Present | I, you, we, they | cluck | | he, she, it | clucks | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | clucked | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have clucked | | he, she, it | has clucked | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had clucked | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will cluck | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have clucked |
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Present | I | am clucking | | he, she, it | is clucking | | you, we, they | are clucking | Past | I, he, she, it | was clucking | | you, we, they | were clucking | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been clucking | | he, she, it | has been clucking | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been clucking | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be clucking | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been clucking |
- Jessica clucked her tongue in sympathy when she saw his bruised arm.
- Generally silent, but drakes cluck and squeak during courtship.
- He clucks his tongue to make the noise.
- Loopy Lil clucked anxiously around like a pigeon.
- Once could not genetically engineer a duck to make it cluck.
- The young man clucked, poured himself more champagne, and drank it.
1[intransitive] if a chicken clucks, it makes a short low sound2[intransitive, transitive] to express sympathy or disapproval by saying something, or by making a short low noise with your tongue: Edith clucked her tongue impatiently.cluck over/around etc She stood clucking over the baby.—clucking adjective: clucking noises |