| 释义 |
▪ I. grrr, v.
Brit. |gəː|, U.S. |gər|[see also note s.v. grrr int.]
Forms: 19– grr, 19– grrr, 19– grrrr [See also the note s.v. grrr int.]
[‹ grrr int.]
intr. To growl; to make the noise ‘grr’; (hence) to be angry.
a1963S. Plath It-doesn't-matter Suit (1996) 12 The cats in the alleys and and the dogs on the cobbles of Winkelburg would follow him uptown and downtown, purring and grrring with admiration. 1978T. Harrison School of Eloquence 49 No labour can embark ker [= her; sc. a ship] Just try and you'll get guard-dog grrred at. 1982Washington Post (Nexis) 3 Mar. d11 Through it all, she purrs and grrs. 1996Boston Globe (Nexis) 23 Feb. 1 Camera drives whirred and protestors from Greenpeace grrrred.
▪ II. grrr, int. and n.
Brit. |gəː|, U.S. |gər|[see also note (below)]
Forms: 18– grr, 18– grrr, 18– grrrr [Forms with r occurring five or more times are also occas. attested.]
[Imitative. Compare gurr n.
Since the word is an attempt to represent in spelling what is essentially an inarticulate sound broadly imitative of an animal's growl, it is impossible to know with any certainty what sound any given writer is trying to portray. Forms with r occurring a larger number of times are usually used to represent a longer or more fierce growling sound.]
A. int. Representing the sound of growling, as by a dog or similar animal; (hence also in later use) expressing anger or (more usually) mock anger.
1867Galaxy 15 Jan. 121 Nevaire tief, but, evaire von dam burglaire! Grrr!.. I am prisoner, it seems, captif of your valeur, eh! 1872R. W. Buchanan St. Abe & his Seven Wives i. i. 3 ‘Grrr!’ shrieked the boss, with teeth clench'd tight. 1894R. Kipling Jungle Bk. 211 Urrr! Yarrh! Grr! Arrh! Somebody's catching it now! 1936G. B. Shaw Six of Calais 100 Peter (growling in his face like a dog) Grrrr!!! The King (returning the growl chin to chin) Grrrr!!!!!! They repeat this performance, to the great scandal of the Queen, until it develops into a startling imitation of a dog fight. 1943J. R. R. Tolkien Let. 9 Dec. (1995) 65 For I love England (not Great Britain and certainly not the British Commonwealth (grr!)), and if I was of military age, I should, I fancy, be grousing away in a fighting service. 1992Whizzer June 12 Grrr! The manners in this family are disgusting!
B. n. An utterance of ‘grr’, a growl; (hence) anger, fierceness; liveliness.
1899E. S. Thompson Wild Animals I have Known 163 In Bingo's language the half-terrified, deep-gurgled ‘grrr-wff’ means ‘timber wolf’. 1977Washington Post (Nexis) 1 Jan. c1 Catherine Deneuve's earthy grrr. 1983Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 13 Dec. 21 That annoyed ‘grrrrrr’ you hear is probably some dog in Soviet Kirghizia. Unless..it's a British politician. They both have reason to growl. 1992D. G. Campbell Crystal Desert iv. 83 Tucking the bill into the axilla of a wing and rolling the head in this position, accompanied by a low grrr, is aggressive. 1999Times 19 June 13/2 This should be another smashing weekend for the man who put the ‘grrr’ back into ‘swinger’. |