bleatn.

Brit.

/bliːt/, U.S.

/blit/

Forms: Also Middle English blet, 1500s Scottish bleit, 1700s blate.

Etymology: < bleat v.

a. The cry of a sheep, goat, or calf.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > subfamily Caprinae (goat) > [noun] > sound made by

bleatinga1398

bleat1600

maaing1826

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > calf > [noun] > sound made by

bleatinga1398

bleat1600

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

1382 J. Wyclif Psalms lxxvii[i]. 70 Fro the aftir berende blet he toc hym [1388 fro bihynde scheep with lambren; L. de post fœtantes accepit eum].]

1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing v. iv. 51 A calfe..Much like to you, for you haue iust his bleate . 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 121 The Rivers and their Banks, and Hills around, With lowings, and with dying Bleats resound. 1795 R. Southey Occas. Pieces iii His barkings loud and quick Amid their tremulous bleat.1830 Ld. Tennyson Ode to Memory iv, in Poems 62 The livelong bleat Of the thickfleecéd sheep.

b. transferred. Any similar cry; spec. that of a snipe.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > [noun] > bleat

bleat1862

the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > genus Gallinago > galinago gallinago (common snipe) > cry of

bleat1862

1862 C. Kingsley Water-babies iv, in Macmillan's Mag. Nov. 1/1 The owl's hoot, and the snipe's bleat, and the fox's bark.

c. A similar sound made by the human voice.

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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > sounds like animal or bird sounds > [noun] > bleat

bleat?a1513

blayinga1586

a1513 W. Dunbar Flyting in Poems (1998) I. 207 Thay bickerit the with mony bae and bleit.

1799 Monthly Rev. 29 142 The inarticulate vulgarity, the calf's blate of those speakers.

d. A (feeble) complaint. colloquial.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [noun] > a complaint > peevish or querulous

whinge?a1513

whine1633

whinging1720

grizzle1900

bleat1916

bellyache1930

1916 ‘Taffrail’ in Royal Mag. Dec. 99/2 ‘Got a bleat, 'ave yer?’ growled an unsympathetic Petty Officer.

1948 ‘N. Shute’ No Highway 107 He had heard nothing..in reply to his signal stating Mr. Honey's bleat.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

bleatv.

Brit.

/bliːt/, U.S.

/blit/

Forms: Old English blǽtan, Middle English Orm. blætenn, Middle English blete, 1500s Scottish blait, 1500s–1600s bleate, ( blate), 1600s bleet, 1600s– bleat.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Common West Germanic: Old English blǽtan = Old High German, Middle High German blâzen , modern Dutch blaten < West Germanic blâtan , of imitative origin: compare modern German blöken ; also Old Slavonic blejat_i to bleat, and see blea v.

a. intransitive. To cry, as a sheep, goat, or calf.

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

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > calf > [verb (intransitive)] > make sound

bleatOE

OE Riddle 24 2 Ic eom wunderlicu wiht, wræsne mine stefne, hwilum beorce swa hund, hwilum blæte swa gat.

c1000 Ælfric Gram. xxii. 129 Scép blǽt.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 1315 Itt [lamb] cann cnawenn swiþe wel Hiss moderr þær ȝho blæteþþ.

a1300 E.E. Psalter lxiv. 14 Schepe þat blete.

c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 30 The scheip began to blait.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) i. ii. 70 We were as twyn'd Lambs, that did..bleat the one at th' other.

1735 W. Somervile Chace iii. 30 The mournful Ewe Wanders perplex'd, and darkling bleats in vain.

1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. vi. 131 The calves are bleating from the home croft.

b. transitive (with cognate object.) Also to bleat out: to give forth with a bleat.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [verb (transitive)] > make sound

bleat1707

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > subfamily Caprinae (goat) > [verb (transitive)] > make sound

bleat1707

1707 in H. Playford Wit & Mirth (new ed.) IV. 121 The tender flocks their pasture mourn, and bleat a sadder moan.

1864 A. C. Swinburne Atalanta 936 Let her..stretch her throat for a knife, Bleat out her spirit and die.

1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust I. v. 104 An old he-goat..Should his good-night in lustful gallop bleat her!

a. transferred. Used contemptuously of the human voice.

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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > sounds like animal or bird sounds > [verb (intransitive)] > bleat

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a1563 T. Becon Jewel of Joy in Wks. (1844) 429 Nourishing many idle singing-men to bleat in their chapels.

1579 E. Hake Newes out of Powles Churchyarde newly Renued vi. sig. F6 Thus bleate the Popish Balamites.

1869 C. Heavysege Saul 312 If she bleats now, Why, 'tis her nature, and the gift of women.

b. transitive. To give mouth to, babble, prate. Cf. blate adj.

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the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > without proper knowledge

twattle1577

twittle1577

tattle1593

smatter1616

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blate1878

1692 J. Washington tr. J. Milton Def. People Eng. 154 You, who bleat what you know nothing of [L. qui ea blatis].

c. Used of sounds likened to the cry of a sheep.

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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > shrill quality > sound shrill [verb (intransitive)]

shrill13..

skelloch1808

bleat1880

1880 W. D. Howells Undiscovered Country viii. 123 Their bells were bleating everywhere.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bleat
释义	bleatn. Brit. /bliːt/, U.S. /blit/ Forms: Also Middle English blet, 1500s Scottish bleit, 1700s blate. Etymology: < bleat v. a. The cry of a sheep, goat, or calf. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > subfamily Caprinae (goat) > [noun] > sound made by bleatinga1398 bleat1600 maaing1826 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > calf > [noun] > sound made by bleatinga1398 bleat1600 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 1382 J. Wyclif Psalms lxxvii[i]. 70 Fro the aftir berende blet he toc hym [1388 fro bihynde scheep with lambren; L. de post fœtantes accepit eum].] 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing v. iv. 51 A calfe..Much like to you, for you haue iust his bleate . View more context for this quotation1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 121 The Rivers and their Banks, and Hills around, With lowings, and with dying Bleats resound. View more context for this quotation1795 R. Southey Occas. Pieces iii His barkings loud and quick Amid their tremulous bleat.1830 Ld. Tennyson Ode to Memory iv, in Poems 62 The livelong bleat Of the thickfleecéd sheep. b. transferred. Any similar cry; spec. that of a snipe. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > [noun] > bleat bleat1862 the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > genus Gallinago > galinago gallinago (common snipe) > cry of bleat1862 1862 C. Kingsley Water-babies iv, in Macmillan's Mag. Nov. 1/1 The owl's hoot, and the snipe's bleat, and the fox's bark. c. A similar sound made by the human voice. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > sounds like animal or bird sounds > [noun] > bleat bleat?a1513 blayinga1586 a1513 W. Dunbar Flyting in Poems (1998) I. 207 Thay bickerit the with mony bae and bleit. 1799 Monthly Rev. 29 142 The inarticulate vulgarity, the calf's blate of those speakers. d. A (feeble) complaint. colloquial. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [noun] > a complaint > peevish or querulous whinge?a1513 whine1633 whinging1720 grizzle1900 bleat1916 bellyache1930 1916 ‘Taffrail’ in Royal Mag. Dec. 99/2 ‘Got a bleat, 'ave yer?’ growled an unsympathetic Petty Officer. 1948 ‘N. Shute’ No Highway 107 He had heard nothing..in reply to his signal stating Mr. Honey's bleat. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). bleatv. Brit. /bliːt/, U.S. /blit/ Forms: Old English blǽtan, Middle English Orm. blætenn, Middle English blete, 1500s Scottish blait, 1500s–1600s bleate, ( blate), 1600s bleet, 1600s– bleat. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Common West Germanic: Old English blǽtan = Old High German, Middle High German blâzen , modern Dutch blaten < West Germanic blâtan , of imitative origin: compare modern German blöken ; also Old Slavonic blejat_i to bleat, and see blea v. 1. a. intransitive. To cry, as a sheep, goat, or calf. 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 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > calf > [verb (intransitive)] > make sound bleatOE OE Riddle 24 2 Ic eom wunderlicu wiht, wræsne mine stefne, hwilum beorce swa hund, hwilum blæte swa gat. c1000 Ælfric Gram. xxii. 129 Scép blǽt. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 1315 Itt [lamb] cann cnawenn swiþe wel Hiss moderr þær ȝho blæteþþ. a1300 E.E. Psalter lxiv. 14 Schepe þat blete. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 30 The scheip began to blait. a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) i. ii. 70 We were as twyn'd Lambs, that did..bleat the one at th' other. View more context for this quotation 1735 W. Somervile Chace iii. 30 The mournful Ewe Wanders perplex'd, and darkling bleats in vain. 1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. vi. 131 The calves are bleating from the home croft. b. transitive (with cognate object.) Also to bleat out: to give forth with a bleat. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [verb (transitive)] > make sound bleat1707 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > subfamily Caprinae (goat) > [verb (transitive)] > make sound bleat1707 1707 in H. Playford Wit & Mirth (new ed.) IV. 121 The tender flocks their pasture mourn, and bleat a sadder moan. 1864 A. C. Swinburne Atalanta 936 Let her..stretch her throat for a knife, Bleat out her spirit and die. 1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust I. v. 104 An old he-goat..Should his good-night in lustful gallop bleat her! 2. a. transferred. Used contemptuously of the human voice. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > sounds like animal or bird sounds > [verb (intransitive)] > bleat bleata1563 a1563 T. Becon Jewel of Joy in Wks. (1844) 429 Nourishing many idle singing-men to bleat in their chapels. 1579 E. Hake Newes out of Powles Churchyarde newly Renued vi. sig. F6 Thus bleate the Popish Balamites. 1869 C. Heavysege Saul 312 If she bleats now, Why, 'tis her nature, and the gift of women. b. transitive. To give mouth to, babble, prate. Cf. blate adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > without proper knowledge twattle1577 twittle1577 tattle1593 smatter1616 bleat1692 blate1878 1692 J. Washington tr. J. Milton Def. People Eng. 154 You, who bleat what you know nothing of [L. qui ea blatis]. c. Used of sounds likened to the cry of a sheep. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > shrill quality > sound shrill [verb (intransitive)] shrill13.. skelloch1808 bleat1880 1880 W. D. Howells Undiscovered Country viii. 123 Their bells were bleating everywhere. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.?a1513v.OE
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