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单词 burp
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burpn.

Brit. /bəːp/, U.S. /bərp/
Etymology: < burp v.
slang (originally U.S.).
1. A belch. Also transferred and figurative.
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the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > excretions > fart or belch > [noun] > hiccup or belch
yeskeOE
bolk1377
belch1570
burp1932
gurk1932
1932 Amer. Speech 7 330 Burp, sound made when belching.
1946 P. Kesten Radio Alphabet 18 Burp, an interloping noise on transmitting or receiving stations.
1951 J. Masters Nightrunners of Bengal v. 64 He forced a small musical burp and giggled.
1957 Observer 3 Nov. 19/7 Hollywood gives vent to one of its periodic burps of sentiment over an entertainer whose sorrows drove him to the bottle.
1962 V. Nabokov Pale Fire 22 A comfortable burp told me he had a flask of brandy concealed about his warmly coated person.
2. burp gun n. (see quot. 1946). Army slang.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > [noun] > type of firearm > repeating or automatic
repeater1838
self-loader1852
automatic1896
autoloader1906
autoloading1906
auto1916
burp gun1945
semi-automatic1964
1945 Finito! Po Valley Campaign 41 The whirr of burp guns.
1946 Amer. Speech 21 246 Practically any type of German automatic or semi-automatic small arm was apt to be described as a burp gun, presumably from the resemblance of shots or short bursts of fire to hiccoughs; but I have been told by a combat infantryman that the name is properly applicable only to the Schmeisser machine pistol.

Draft additions January 2018

burp cloth n. U.S. a cloth used to wipe up milk regurgitated by a baby when feeding or being winded or burped (burp v. 2).The usual term in British English is muslin n. 1c.
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1942 Racine (Wisconsin) Jrnl.-Times 1 Oct. 6/2 Cotton swabs, clean diapers.., towels, pads and burp cloth—all in place.
1989 All-new Hints from Heloise vi. 184 Since many babies spit up when they burp, place a clean cloth diaper, towel, or other designated burp cloth on your shoulder or lap when feeding baby.
2004 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 9 May i. 7/1 With tired eyes the women crowded into Young-Mi Murphy's living room carrying their infants and assorted baby blankets, rattles and burp cloths.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

burpv.

Brit. /bəːp/, U.S. /bərp/
Etymology: Imitative.
slang (originally U.S.).
1. intransitive. To belch.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > action of breaking wind > break wind [verb (intransitive)] > belch
rospa1333
bolka1387
rift?c1475
belcha1500
reboke?1499
yeska1522
rout1522
bleach1557
ruck1568
rasp1587
ruct1620
eruct1755
eructate1774
gurk1923
burp1932
bubble1940
1932 Amer. Speech 7 330 Burp, to belch.
1953 W. R. Burnett Vanity Row xvii. 131 He belched, ‘It's an old Arab custom... You no like food—no burp—host insulted.’
1958 Spectator 6 June 726/3 At the hot springs the mud bubbles and burps.
2. transitive. To cause to belch or bring up wind.
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the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > action of breaking wind > break wind [verb (transitive)] > belch
yeska1522
bolka1535
rasp1587
rift1601
outbelch1602
to roll up1897
burp1940
1940 in Amer. Speech (1941) 16 145/2 Chronic air swallowers should be ‘burped’ three or four times..during each feeding.
1950 Lancet 4 Feb. 218/1 In the U.S.A. babies are ‘burped’ during and at the end of feeds.
1968 ‘G. Bagby’ Another Day ii. 28 ‘What would you do with a baby?’ I asked. ‘Feed it, diaper it, and burp it,’ she said.

Derivatives

ˈburping n. and adj. belching or making a similar sound.
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the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > action of breaking wind > [noun] > action of belching
bolking1398
riftc1485
riftingc1485
belching1528
ructuation?1537
eructation1541
ructing1599
eruction1623
ructation1623
ructure1657
burping1934
the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > action of breaking wind > [adjective] > action of belching
upbelching1576
belching1581
burping1934
1934 Etude Music Mag. Aug. 456/3 Saxophonists also go in for this slapping effect; when done by the larger members of the family, it bears a ludicrous resemblance to the ‘burping’ of a frog.
1939 I. Baird Waste Heritage xii. 150 Charlie settled back on the burping springs.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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