bleats

英 [bliːts] 美 [bliːts]

v.  咩咩叫; 以微弱的声音说话; 抱怨
bleat的第三人称单数



柯林斯词典

  1. VERB (羊)咩咩叫
    When a sheep or goat bleats, it makes the sound that sheep and goats typically make.
    1. From the slope below, the wild goats bleated faintly.
      山坡下面,野山羊咩咩地轻声叫着。
    2. ...a small flock of bleating ewes and lambs.
      一小群咩咩叫的母羊和羊羔
    3. Bleat is also a noun.
    4. ...the faint bleat of a distressed animal.
      一只虚弱的动物微弱的呻吟
  2. VERB 微弱地尖声诉说;羊叫般地说
    If someone bleats, they speak in a weak, high voice.
    1. 'I don't want it,' Eric bleated.
      “我不想要它,”埃里克微弱地尖声说。
    2. Bleat is also a noun.
    3. She wanted to scream, but all that would come out was this faint bleat.
      她想尖叫,但最终只是发出了这么微弱的呻吟。
  3. VERB 抱怨;低声诉苦
    If you say that someone bleats about something, you mean that they complain about it in a way which makes them sound weak and irritating.
    1. They are always bleating about 'unfair' foreign competition...
      他们总是抱怨“不公平的”外国竞争。
    2. Don't come bleating to me every time something goes wrong.
      不要一有问题就跑来向我哭诉。

双语例句

  1. Every time the sheep bleats it loses a mouthful.
    羊每叫一声就少吃一口。
  2. The EU often bleats that its economic policies were not responsible for the global imbalances that contributed to the world economic crisis.
    欧盟经常抱怨说,它的经济政策并非造成全球经济危机的全球失衡的原因所在。
  3. The bleats of frightened children.
    受惊的孩子们发出的哀叫声。