cluck
英 [kl?k]
美 [kl?k]
- vi. 咯咯叫
- vt. 咯咯叫
- n. 咯咯的叫聲
- n. (Cluck)人名；(英)克拉克
助記提示
1. clock => cluck.
2. 擬聲詞。
3. 類似、相似、相近或同源擬聲詞：clock, cluck, click, clack.
4. Late Latin clocca "bell" => clock (originally "clock with bells").
中文詞源
cluck 咯咯叫擬聲詞，比較click,clock.
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. I've never been one to cluck over babies of either sex.
- 不管是男孩還是女孩，我從來都對小孩沒什么興趣。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The seamstresses cluck around a dummy, discussing a tuck here and there.
- 這些女裁縫圍著模特兒衣架嘰嘰嘎嘎地討論衣服這里或那里要做的小改動。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. He is handsome, but a dumb cluck.
- 他很英俊, 卻是個傻瓜.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. So, did he make you cluck like a chicken?
- 那么他有沒有讓你像小雞那樣吱吱叫 呢 ?
來自電影對白
- 5. Some cluck came in and asked for a lefthanded monkey wrench.
- 有個傻瓜進來要借一把供左撇子使用的活動扳手.
來自互聯網