bray

FREQ #24681

n. 驴叫声, 喇叭声 v. 叫, 嘶叫

发音

US /bɹeɪ/
UK /bɹeɪ/

词形变化

brays 复数 brays brays 三单 braying 现在分词 brayed 过去式 brayed 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The cry of an animal, now chiefly that of animals related to the ass or donkey, or the camel.

  2. 2.

    Any discordant, grating, or harsh sound.

    引申义
v.
  1. 1.

    Of an animal (now chiefly of animals related to the ass or donkey, and the camel): to make its cry.

    不及物

    Whenever I walked by, that donkey brayed at me.

  2. 2.

    To make a harsh, discordant sound like a donkey's bray.

    不及物 引申义

    He threw back his head and brayed with laughter.

  3. 3.

    To make or utter (a shout, sound, etc.) discordantly, loudly, or in a harsh and grating manner.

    及物
  4. 1.

    To crush or pound, especially using a pestle and mortar.

    古体 及物
  5. 2.

    To hit (someone or something).

    及物 引申义

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

cry
动词

同义词 5

grind crunch mash hee-haw comminute

上位词 9

laugh utter fragment emit break up let out fragmentise fragmentize let loose

下位词 3

mill pulp pestle

相关短语

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词源

The verb is derived from Middle English brayen, brai, bray, braye (“of a person or animal: to vocalize loudly; of the weather: to make a loud sound, howl, roar”), from Old French brai, braire (“of an animal: to bray; of a person: to cry or shout out”) (modern French braire (“of an animal: to bray; of a person: to shout; to cry, weep”)), possibly from Vulgar Latin *bragiō, from Gaulish *bragu (compare Breton breugiñ (“to bray”), brammañ (“to flatulate”), Cornish bramma, brabma (“to flatulate”), Old Irish braigid (“to flatulate”)), from Proto-Celtic *brageti, *bragyeti (“to flatulate”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreHg- (“to flatulate; to stink”); cognate with Latin fragrō (“to smell”). Alternatively, the word could be from a Germanic source, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *brekaną (“to break”), and cognate with frangere (“to break, shatter”). The noun is derived from the verb, or from Middle English brai, brait (“shriek; outcry”), from Old French brai, brait (“a cry”), from braire (“of an animal: to bray; of a person: to shout; to cry, weep”); see above.

来源：wiktionary