| 释义 |
▪ I. roop, n.1|ruːp|
[var. of roup n.3]
Hoarseness; a hoarse sound.
1674Ray N.C. Words 39 A Roop, a Hoarseness. 1788–in northern dial. glossaries (Yks., Northumb.). 1898Daily News 22 Feb. 3/3 That touch of noble hoarseness..like the roop of the bow on the string of a violoncello.
▪ II. roop, n.2
in northern and Sc. phrase stoop and roop, completely: see stoop n.
▪ III. roop, v. rare.
[Cf. roop n.1]
intr. To utter a hoarse note or sound.
1894Crockett Love Idylls (1901) 182 A sleepy hen rooped lazily in a hole under the hedge. 1894― Raiders (ed. 3) 234, I only rooped like a rough-legged fowl.
▪ IV. roop(e
obs. ff. rope; variants of roup. |