chirk

a. 快活的, 兴致好的 v. (使)高兴

词形变化

chirked chirking chirks 三单 chirks chirking 现在分词 chirked 过去式 chirked 过去分词 chirker 比较级 chirker chirkest more chirk 比较级 chirkest 最高级 most chirk 最高级

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To become happier.

    不及物
  2. 2.

    To make happier.

    及物
  3. 3.

    To make the sound of a bird; to chirp.

adj.
  1. 1.

    lively; cheerful; in good spirits

    美国 非正式

词汇关系

动词

上位词 4

sound voice vocalise vocalize

相关短语

chirk up [网络] 唧唧起伏

词源

From Middle English chirken, cherken, charken, from Old English ċearcian (“to chatter, creak, crash”), from Proto-West Germanic *krakōn, from Proto-Germanic *krakōną (“to make a sound, crack”). Doublet of chark. Related also to crake, crack.

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