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单词 his bark is worse than his bite
释义

bark1 /bärk/

noun
  1. The abrupt cry of a dog, wolf, etc
  2. The report of a gun
  3. A cough (informal)
intransitive verb
  1. To utter a bark
  2. To clamour
  3. To advertise wares noisily
  4. To cough (informal)
transitive verb
  1. To utter with a bark (Spenser)
  2. To utter abruptly and peremptorily
  3. To advertise (wares) noisily
ORIGIN: OE beorcan

barkˈer noun

  1. A dog
  2. A barking dog
  3. A tout advertising wares, a show, etc in a loud voice to attract custom
  4. A pistol or cannon (obs sl)

barkˈing adjective (slang)

Barking mad

barking deer noun

The muntjac

barking iron noun (slang)

A pistol

barking mad adjective (slang)

Crazy, raving mad

bark up the wrong tree

To act, speak, proceed, etc under a misapprehension, mistakenly to take inappropriate action

chief barker

The title of the president of the Variety Club of Great Britain

his bark is worse than his bite

His words may be bad-tempered or fierce, but his actual deeds are not so bad

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