单词 | barr |
释义 | † barrv. Obsolete. intransitive. To utter the peculiar cry of an elephant. Hence barring n.2 ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Proboscidea (elephants) > [verb (intransitive)] > make sound barr1653 bary1828 1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais in Wks. (1737) II. iii. xiii. 303 The bawling of mastiffs..barring of elephants. 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xiii.II. 303 (note) An elephant, which out of reverence for the pope his master would barr and bend the knee. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < v.1653 |
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