bleat

Word family

1. HBAC[intransitiveI] to make the sound that a sheep or goat makes 〔羊〕咩咩叫

2 [intransitiveI, transitiveT] informalCOMPLAIN to complain in a silly or annoying way 低声诉苦；埋怨

‘But I’ve only just got here, ’ bleated Simon.

“可是我刚刚才到这里呀。”西蒙抱怨道。

—bleat noun [countableC]

Examples from the Corpus

bleat• They skipped about my feet, a flock of lambs bleating around a daft young heifer.• While he watched it half an hour passed; beggars had gathered and were bleating around his knees.• The fog-horn, its sound now muffled by the houses, continued to bleat at regular intervals.• Mr. Lorrimer's voice, frail and querulous, was bleating at the other end.• When federalists bleat on about how interdependent the world is, one wonders what world they live in.

Origin bleat

Old English blætan

Chinese

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