Coo
[kuː] or [ku]
解释:
(noun.) the sound made by a pigeon.
(verb.) cry softly, as of pigeons.
(verb.) speak softly or lovingly; 'The mother who held her baby was cooing softly'.
录入:诺顿--From WordNet
解释:
(v. i.) To make a low repeated cry or sound, like the characteristic note of pigeons or doves.
(v. i.) To show affection; to act in a loving way. See under Bill, v. i.
彻姬塔编辑
解释:
v.i. to make a sound as a dove: to caress fondly usually in phrase 'to bill and coo:'—pr.p. cōō′ing; pa.p. cōōed.—n. the sound emitted by doves.—adv. Coo′ingly.
格雷琴编辑
例句:
- The trumpeter and laugher, as their names express, utter a very different coo from the other breeds. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- Nothing happens as we expect: listen for a coo or a murmur; it is then you will hear a cry of prey or pain. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- Yes, answered Stephenson, with a twinkling eye, very awkward--_for the coo_! 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- Diana had a voice toned, to my ear, like the cooing of a dove. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- There it is with its head on his shoulder, billing and cooing close up to his heart, with soft outstretched fluttering wings. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- I am too feverish and excitable to bear a soft, cooing, vibrating voice close at my ear. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- I will tell you something, she said, in her cooing way, keeping her arms folded. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
编辑:桑德拉