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单词 clucking
释义
cluckcluck1 /klʌk/ verb Word Origin
WORD ORIGINcluck1
Origin:
1400-1500 From the sound
Verb Table
VERB TABLE
cluck
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theycluck
he, she, itclucks
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theyclucked
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave clucked
he, she, ithas clucked
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad clucked
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill cluck
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have clucked
Continuous Form
PresentIam clucking
he, she, itis clucking
you, we, theyare clucking
PastI, he, she, itwas clucking
you, we, theywere clucking
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been clucking
he, she, ithas been clucking
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been clucking
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be clucking
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been clucking
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Jessica clucked her tongue in sympathy when she saw his bruised arm.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • 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
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