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单词 blea
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blean.

Brit. /bliː/, U.S. /bli/
Forms: Also 1700s ble(e.
Etymology: Perhaps < blea, blae adj. in sense of ‘livid, pale.’
rare.
The young wood of a tree under the bark; the alburnum or white wood.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > wood > [noun] > young wood or alburnum
sapc1374
body?1523
wood?1523
alburnum1664
whitewood1668
blea1736
softwood1751
sap-wood1791
alburn1864
included sapwood1933
1736 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum (ed. 2) Ble, Blea, Blee (in Chirurgery), the inward Bark of a Tree, or that Part of the wood, which was last form'd.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) While the blea remains yet soft..it may maintain a feeble vegetation.
1830 J. G. Strutt Sylva Brit. (rev. ed.) 20 The blea and the inner bark.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

bleav.

Forms: Also 1500s blay, 1600s bley, blee; 1700s–1800s Scottish blae.
Etymology: Probably imitative of the sound; perhaps with associations of bleat, blab, blabber, etc. Jamieson compares French bêler, Latin balāre: compare Old Slavonic blejati to bleat, also Greek βληχάομαι I bleat, βληχή bleating, with the same initial sound. Variously pronounced in dialects /bleː/, /blɪə/, /bliː/.
Obsolete exc. dialect.
intransitive. To bleat as a lamb or kid; to cry piteously as a child.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [verb (intransitive)] > make sound
bleatOE
blea1568
baa1593
whicker1808
maa1827
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > subfamily Caprinae (goat) > [verb (intransitive)] > make sound
bleatOE
muttera1325
blea1568
rattle1575
rottle1688
rat1713
whicker1753
maa1827
1568 Newe Comedie Iacob & Esau iv. vi. sig. E.iijv Me thinketh I here a yong kidde blee.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 242 In their sleepe, they seeme to low or blea, and thereupon they be called Sea-calues.
1623 J. Taylor Very Merry Wherry-Ferry Voy. (1885) 15 Cocks did crow, and lambs did bleat and blee.

Derivatives

ˈblaying n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > sounds like animal or bird sounds > [noun] > bleat
bleat?a1513
blayinga1586
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [noun] > wail or howl
yowlinga1225
yei?a1289
yollinga1300
howling1490
yowl?a1513
yawling1568
blayinga1586
whewling1609
howla1616
vagitusa1651
ululation?1799
gowl1805
waul1856
wow1862
whoo1891
blarting1898
ululance1951
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > defined by habits or actions > sound made by
bleatinga1398
blayinga1586
baa1589
bleat1600
maaing1826
baaing1832
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Astrophel & Stella (1591) 60 Tell her in your piteous blaying Her poore Slaues iust decaying.
ˈbleying n.
ΚΠ
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. i. i. 10 The bleying of Sheepe.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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