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单词 tur-turring
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tur-turringn.

Etymology: Echoic.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtur-ˈturring.
An imitation of the cooing of a dove, used to designate the action or sound.
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tur-turring1896
1896 Q. Rev. July 73 The ‘tur-turring’ of the turtledove, the ‘coo’ of the queest..tell of the shade.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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