caut

abbr. caution 小心,谨慎,警告

发音

UK /kɔːt/

词形变化

cauted cauteth 三单 cauting cauting 现在分词 cauted 过去式 cauted 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To emit the characteristic call of a panther.

    废旧

    A Panther Cauteth, which word is taken from the sound of his voice.

  2. 2.

    To make a noise similar to the call of a panther.

    比喻 废旧 引申义

    If I have done Service to Men in what I have ſaid, I ſhall hope I have done Service to God; and that will be better than a ſilly Speech made for me, full of whining and cauting, which I utterly deſpiſe, and have never been uſed to; yet ſuch a one I expect to have my Ears tormented with, as I am paſſing along the Streets[.]

词源

Onomatopoeia.

来源:wiktionary