| 单词 | whinnying |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈwhinnying ˈwhinnying n. and adj. (†also quasi-adv.) ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > [adjective] > that whinnies whinnying1579 the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > [noun] > bray or whinny > braying or whinnying brayingc1440 whinnying1579 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 518 A sharpe voyce like the neying of a horse, or whynnying of a goate. 1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 358/2 Hinnitus,..the neying or whinying of an horse or mare. 1607 G. Markham Cavelarice i. 63 Where they may neither heare the noyse of their dams, nor their dams heare their whinneing. 1675 C. Cotton Burlesque upon Burlesque 40 I..run whynnying mad, For every woman that I see. 1819 W. Scott Legend of Montrose viii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. III. 331 His low whinnying neigh, his pricked ears [etc.]. 1837 W. Irving Capt. Bonneville xli The elk kept up a continual whinnying or squealing. 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda IV. viii. lxx. 364 Several small whinnying laughs. 1881 R. C. Praed Policy & Passion xvi There was a whinnying call from one horse to another. 1895 S. R. Crockett Men of Moss-hags xxv The whinnying of swords as they whistled through the air. < as lemmas |
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