单词 | bombinate |
释义 | bombinate (once / 274868 pages) v Things that bombinate hum or buzz. A novice beekeeper might complain, "When the bees all bombinate like that, it makes me nervous!" The sound of chatter in a coffee shop might bombinate around you as you try to concentrate on your book, and your dad might bombinate as he tidies the kitchen, humming and murmuring to himself. You bombinate when you produce a buzz of noise or activity. The word has a Latin root, bombinare, a variation on bombitare, "to hum or buzz," which comes from bombus, "a deep, hollow sound." WORD FAMILYbombinate: bombinated, bombinates, bombinating, bombination+/bombination: bombinations USAGE EXAMPLESThey appealed to him as a group of carefully tailored Abstractions bombinating mellifluously in a void. Hecht, Ben, Erik Dorn(2010) V. roll, drum, rumble, rattle, clatter, patter, clack; bombinate†. hum, trill, shake; chime, peal, toll; tick, beat. drum in the ear, din in the ear. Roget, Peter Mark, Roget's Thesaurus of English Words...(2010) v make a buzzing sound Syn|Hyper bombilate, buzz go, sound make a certain noise or sound |
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