cluck
英 [klʌk]
美 [klʌk]
- vi. 咯咯叫
- vt. 咯咯叫
- n. 咯咯的叫声
- n. (Cluck)人名；(英)克拉克
助记提示
1. clock => cluck.
2. 拟声词。
3. 类似、相似、相近或同源拟声词：clock, cluck, click, clack.
4. Late Latin clocca "bell" => clock (originally "clock with bells").
中文词源
cluck 咯咯叫拟声词，比较click,clock.
英文词源
- cluck (v.)
- Old English cloccian originally echoic. Compare Turkish culuk, one of the words for "turkey;" Greek klozein, Latin glocire, German glucken. Related: Clucked; clucking.
- cluck (n.)
- 1703, "sound made by a hen," from cluck (v.). Slang meaning "stupid person" (turkeys are famously foolish) is from 1927.
双语例句
- 1. I've never been one to cluck over babies of either sex.
- 不管是男孩还是女孩，我从来都对小孩没什么兴趣。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The seamstresses cluck around a dummy, discussing a tuck here and there.
- 这些女裁缝围着模特儿衣架叽叽嘎嘎地讨论衣服这里或那里要做的小改动。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. He is handsome, but a dumb cluck.
- 他很英俊, 却是个傻瓜.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. So, did he make you cluck like a chicken?
- 那么他有没有让你像小鸡那样吱吱叫 呢 ?
来自电影对白
- 5. Some cluck came in and asked for a lefthanded monkey wrench.
- 有个傻瓜进来要借一把供左撇子使用的活动扳手.
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