释义 |
yikker, v.|ˈjɪkə(r)| Also yicker. [Echoic, f. yik + -er5.] intr. Of a bird or other animal: to make repeated short, sharp cries.
1951Chambers's Jrnl. Sept. 528/2 As we pushed through the bilberry bushes, rowan, and stunted Scots fir, a lemming yikkered angrily at the disturbance. 1959W. K. Richmond Brit. Birds of Prey ix. 113 Sometimes he yikkers to himself as he goes,..a low, emphatic chatter. 1960‘L. Lamplugh’ Sixpenny Runner xiii. 137 Good track dogs wait..yickering eagerly and ready to fly out. 1964T. H. White Goshawk iii. 154 A pair of young badgers..greedily fought for warm milk and sugar out of a champagne bottle, and nipped my ankles yikkering when they were not nipping the rubber teat. |