| 单词 | bleat |
| 释义 | bleat (once / 2613 pages) nv The sound a lamb or calf makes is a bleat. If you hear tiny bleats coming from your barn, you'll know the new baby goats were born at last. Many animals might bleat, though a bleat is a slightly weak, high-pitched sound, which is why it's typically made by young animals. When baby animals bleat, their mothers naturally go to them to feed or comfort them. You might also describe a human's cry or whine as a bleat, if it's particularly pitiful. The word comes from a Germanic root, and it's imitative of the sound itself. WORD FAMILYbleat: bleated, bleating, bleats USAGE EXAMPLESOutside our high gates, I could hear goats bleating and cocks crowing and people yelling greetings across mud compound walls. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Purple Hibiscus(2003) The lack explains so many of their baffling and second-guessable decisions that leave their fans bleating, “Why?” Washington Post(Nov 24, 2016) Goats bleated in the distance, while swallows and myna birds darted out of the palm trees. New York Times(Nov 22, 2016) 1n the sound of sheep or goats (or any sound resembling this) Hyper cry the characteristic utterance of an animal 2v cry plaintively The lambs were bleating Syn|Hyper baa, blat, blate emit, let loose, let out, utter express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words) 3v talk whiningly Hyper complain, kick, kvetch, plain, quetch, sound off express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness |
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