| 释义 |
toot
I. \ˈtüt\ intransitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English toten, tooten, from Old English tōtian — more at tout
1. chiefly dialect : to stand out : show above ground : sprout
2. chiefly dialect
a. : gaze, peep, spy
b. : to look searchingly : pry
II. \ˈtüt, usu -üd.+V\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English tote, from toten, tooten, v.
chiefly dialect : an elevation used or capable of being used as a lookout; specifically : a rocky promontory
III. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: probably of imitative origin like Middle Low German & Middle Dutch tūten to toot
intransitive verb
1.
a. of a wind instrument : to sound a short blast
< a horn tooted in the distance >
b. : to sound a note or call suggesting the short blast of a wind instrument
< the tooting of the heath hen could be heard each spring — A.A.Allen >
2. : to blow or sound a horn or other wind instrument especially so as to produce short rapid blasts
< a trumpeter who has tooted in many bands >
< boarded a train a few miles out of town, and the entourage came puffing and tooting up to the base of the platform — Americas >
3. : to drive, proceed, or move along especially in a car
< agricultural-extension workers toot around the … farmlands — Phil Gustafson >
4. slang : to state the truth : assert something as a fact
< you're tooting, you won't stop me — R.P.Warren >
transitive verb
1. : to spread abroad : proclaim, trumpet
< tooted his friend's praises wherever he went >
2.
a. : to sound (a note) on a horn or other wind instrument
< the bugle tooted retreat >
b. : to cause (a wind instrument) to produce a characteristic sound
< toot a horn >
< toot a trumpet >
< toot a whistle >
•
- toot one's horn
IV. noun
(-s)
: a short blast sounded on a wind instrument (as a horn); also : a sound resembling or suggesting such a blast
V. \ˈtüt\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: origin unknown
intransitive verb
Scotland : to drink heavily
transitive verb
Scotland : to drink deeply of : quaff
VI. \ˈtüt, usu -üd.+V\ noun
(-s)
1. Scotland : a drink of liquor : snort
2.
a. : a drinking bout : spree
< used to go on a toot, and one night when he was drunk he told me — R.M.Dorson >
< all hands went on a joyous toot — James Dugan >
b. : an act or period of unrestrained indulgence in some feeling or activity : binge, jag
< any business taking off on an inflationary toot — Sacramento (Calif.) Bee >
< survived each of these emotional toots — T.H.White b. 1915 >
VII. \ˈtüt\ interjection
Etymology: probably imitative of a tongue-clicking sound
Scotland — used to express disapproval or disbelief
VIII. noun
(-s)
Etymology: origin unknown
dialect : a worthless person : fool
IX. \ˈtu̇t\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Pennsylvania German dutt, from Middle Low German tūte horn, horn-shaped object; akin to Icelandic tūta sharp projection, Swedish tuta fingerstall
dialect : any of various conical containers: as
a. : a small paper bag
b. : a piece of paper twisted into the shape of a cone and used as a temporary container (as for mustard)
c. : ice-cream cone
X. transitive verb
Etymology: toot (III)
slang : to take in (as cocaine) by inhalation : snort
XI. noun
slang : cocaine ; also : a snort of cocaine |