Coo
[kuː] or [ku]
解釋/意思:
(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'.
錄入:诺顿--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(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.
彻姬塔編輯
解釋/意思:
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.
格雷琴編輯
例句/造句/用法:
- The trumpeter and laugher, as their names express, utter a very different coo from the other breeds. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- 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. 維萊特.
- Yes, answered Stephenson, with a twinkling eye, very awkward--_for the coo_! 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Diana had a voice toned, to my ear, like the cooing of a dove. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- 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·薩克雷. 名利場.
- I am too feverish and excitable to bear a soft, cooing, vibrating voice close at my ear. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- I will tell you something, she said, in her cooing way, keeping her arms folded. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
編輯:桑德拉