| 释义 |
quank, n.|kwɒŋk|
[Echoic.]
A representation of sounds made by animals and birds. Hence as v. intr., to utter such a sound. Also ˈquanking vbl. n.
1921Chambers's Jrnl. Mar. 178/1 He could even hear the nasal laugh of the zebra, the resonant ‘Quank’ of the gnus, the rattle of horn against horn as the bucks made play. 1965E. Richardson Living Island 215 Oftener we hear quanking among the tidal pools..as males beat their way to the enticing sounds—for it is the female [duck] which quanks. |