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bleated 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
  1. (bleat) the sound of sheep or goats (or any sound resembling this)
  2. (bleat) talk whiningly
  3. (bleat) cry plaintively; "The lambs were bleating"
  4. (Bleating) 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. (bleat) 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. (BLEAT) A Naval slang word for a grumble, used as both noun and verb.
  8. (Bleat) 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. (Bleating) To hear young animals bleating in your dreams, foretells that you will have new duties and cares, though not necessarily unpleasant ones.
  10. A bleat is the cry usually associated with a goat, sheep, or calf. In this case, Lennie cries out with terror in an animal-like way.