单词 | burp |
释义 | burpn. slang (originally U.S.). 1. A belch. Also transferred and figurative. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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. 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1932v.1932 |
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