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bleat 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/blēt/,
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bleated, past participle; bleated, past tense; bleats, 3rd person singular present; bleating, present participle;
  1. (of a sheep, goat, or calf) Make a characteristic wavering cry
    • - the lamb was bleating weakly
    • - handing the mike to some woman who starts bleating out rap rhymes
    • - the silence was broken by the plaintive bleating of sheep
  2. Speak or complain in a weak, querulous, or foolish way
    • - he bleated incoherently about the report
Noun
  1. The wavering cry made by a sheep, goat, or calf
    • - the distant bleat of sheep in the field
  2. A person's plaintive cry
    • - his despairing bleat touched her heart
  3. A complaint
    • - they're hoping that I'll bow to their idiotic arrangements without a bleat
  1. the sound of sheep or goats (or any sound resembling this)
  2. talk whiningly
  3. cry plaintively; "The lambs were bleating"
  4. An onomatopoeia or onomatopœia (from the Greek ὀνοματοποιία; ὄνομα for "name" and ποιέω for "I make") (adjectival form: "onomatopoeic" or "onomatopoetic") is a word that imitates or suggests the source of the sound that it describes. ...
  5. The characteristic cry of a sheep or a goat; Of a sheep or goat, to make its characteristic cry; Of a person, to complain
  6. (bleating) A noise that bleats; inane or plaintive chatter
  7. (Bleating) To hear young animals bleating in your dreams, foretells that you will have new duties and cares, though not necessarily unpleasant ones.
  8. The result of nervousness or excessive physical tension, manifested by a sound that is similar to the sound of the bleating of a sheep. Also referred to as “tremolo”.
  9. A Naval slang word for a grumble, used as both noun and verb.