| 释义 |
oink, v.|ɔɪŋk|
[Echoic.]
a. intr. Of a pig: to utter its characteristic sound.
b. transf. To make a similar sound; to imitate this sound; to grunt like a pig. Also as n.
1969New Yorker 11 Oct. 55/2 (caption) I'm warning you—don't start oinking. 1971It 2–16 June 11/4 Seale called the fab philosopher ‘a moral coward who oinks like a pig’. 1971E. Bullins Hungered One 143 The pitter-patter of the returning dog's feet came from the road, and the cricket music and an occasional pig's oink and a drowsy duck quacked at the dark. 1972J. Wambaugh Blue Knight (1973) iv. 55 One young guy..leaned back in his chair and made a couple of oinks and said, ‘I smell pig.’ 1973Times 11 Apr. 13/5 The spasmodic oink-oink of chalk on cue. 1977C. McFadden Serial (1978) v. 16/2 They oinked at him, in concert, just about every time he opened his mouth. |