单词 | croaking |
释义 | croaking (once / 4656 pages) n WORD FAMILY croaking: croakings+/croak: croaked, croaker, croaking, croaks, croaky/croaker: croakers/croaky: croakily USAGE EXAMPLESBut slowly my croaking Truman Capote voice gave way to a Billie Holiday growl. Washington Post(Nov 11, 2016) But no one came, and her shrieking only frightened Aziza, who began to cry again, a weak, croaking sound. Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns(2007) Besides being bigger, ravens can be distinguished from crows by the croaking sound they make, which the Cornell Lab of Ornithology transliterates as “cr-r-ruck.” New York Times(Oct 23, 2016) n a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog) Syn|Hyper croak utterance, vocalization the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication |
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