英语词汇“arf arf”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

1. Representing the bark of a (small) dog, or a human imitation of such a bark. Usually repeated in arf arf, etc. Cf. bow-wow int. and n., woof int. and n.² 1.

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1916 Salt Lake Tribune 21 May 48/1 (cartoon caption) I'll be leader for a game of foller [sic] the leader... Tweet, tweet... Eek, eek... Arf, arf, arf!

1928 Woodville (Mississippi) Republican 5 May 3/2 The ear-splitting ‘Arf! Arf!’ of a Pomeranian..has disappeared... A dog trainer had taught Darkie not to bark.

1955 M. Brand Some Love, some Hunger xvi. 101 ‘Joe the dog, arf arf arf,’ Joe cried triumphantly.

1968 N.Y. Times 10 May 47/1 [Little Orphan] Annie was invariably accompanied by her dog Sandy, whose contribution to..the comic strip was ‘Arf!’ and sometimes ‘Arf! Arf!’

1975 Times 11 June 14/7 Such callers would usually start by saying they had found the dog... ‘Can't you recognize its bark?’ and they would go ‘arf, arf’ into the mouthpiece.

2007 J. Clark Heart like Water xlix. 302 I kept kicking that dog and..he kept going arf arf arf.

2. Representing a hearty laugh. Frequently reduplicated in arf arf, etc., to suggest a burst of laughter. Cf. fnarr fnarr int.Strongly associated with the comic strip character Popeye, created by Elzie Crisler Segar in 1929.

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1931 N.Y. Evening Jrnl. 8 June 13/6 ‘Popeye, if it wasn't for my sense of humor, I'd go nuts.’ ‘Arf! Arf!’

1959 L. Lee Cider with Rosie (1962) 205 What about it, young lad? You and Jo—last night? Ho, yes! we seen you, arf! arf!

1989 Empire Sept. 103/1 Its sometimes rather shallow (arf arf) story-line is compensated for by its stunning Bond-like locations.

2008 Observer (Nexis) 17 Aug. (Food Monthly Suppl.) 30 Warner is up to his bum in freezing water... He does not obviously come across as larger than life (although perhaps that's the cold water, arf, arf).

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释义	> as lemmas arf arf 1. Representing the bark of a (small) dog, or a human imitation of such a bark. Usually repeated in arf arf, etc. Cf. bow-wow int. and n., woof int. and n.² 1. ΚΠ 1916 Salt Lake Tribune 21 May 48/1 (cartoon caption) I'll be leader for a game of foller [sic] the leader... Tweet, tweet... Eek, eek... Arf, arf, arf! 1928 Woodville (Mississippi) Republican 5 May 3/2 The ear-splitting ‘Arf! Arf!’ of a Pomeranian..has disappeared... A dog trainer had taught Darkie not to bark. 1955 M. Brand Some Love, some Hunger xvi. 101 ‘Joe the dog, arf arf arf,’ Joe cried triumphantly. 1968 N.Y. Times 10 May 47/1 [Little Orphan] Annie was invariably accompanied by her dog Sandy, whose contribution to..the comic strip was ‘Arf!’ and sometimes ‘Arf! Arf!’ 1975 Times 11 June 14/7 Such callers would usually start by saying they had found the dog... ‘Can't you recognize its bark?’ and they would go ‘arf, arf’ into the mouthpiece. 2007 J. Clark Heart like Water xlix. 302 I kept kicking that dog and..he kept going arf arf arf. extracted from arfint. arf arf 2. Representing a hearty laugh. Frequently reduplicated in arf arf, etc., to suggest a burst of laughter. Cf. fnarr fnarr int.Strongly associated with the comic strip character Popeye, created by Elzie Crisler Segar in 1929. ΚΠ 1931 N.Y. Evening Jrnl. 8 June 13/6 ‘Popeye, if it wasn't for my sense of humor, I'd go nuts.’ ‘Arf! Arf!’ 1959 L. Lee Cider with Rosie (1962) 205 What about it, young lad? You and Jo—last night? Ho, yes! we seen you, arf! arf! 1989 Empire Sept. 103/1 Its sometimes rather shallow (arf arf) story-line is compensated for by its stunning Bond-like locations. 2008 Observer (Nexis) 17 Aug. (Food Monthly Suppl.) 30 Warner is up to his bum in freezing water... He does not obviously come across as larger than life (although perhaps that's the cold water, arf, arf). extracted from arfint. < as lemmas
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