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单词 oink
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Definition of oink in English:

oink

noun ɔɪŋkɔɪŋk
  • The characteristic grunting sound of a pig.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • They all laughed, well, more like a series of grunts and oinks.
    • This man, who lived on an immense land closure, was isolated, and, as a result, when ‘he fell ill, his weak cries could not be heard above the snorts and oinks of the pigs.
    • There were hundreds of them, all marching inexorably east, crunching their way across the tundra, emitting comical, guttural oinks.
verb ɔɪŋkɔɪŋk
[no object]
  • Make an oink.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Corey took his finger and pulled up his nose to resemble a pig and went up into Al's face and oinked, and snorted.
    • A dog would bark, or a pig would oink and it wasn't entirely clear why.
    • George can only quack, oink, moo, and meow.
    • The faint oinking of some of his pigs could be heard, even through the walls of the store.
    • The pig trotted off, oinking quietly to itself.
    • I was very taken by the man who oinked like a startled piglet when he laughed, which was virtually non-stop.
    • Lavalais said he eats ‘anything that used to moo, cluck or oink - as long as it's cooked.’

Origin

1940s: imitative.

 
 

Definition of oink in US English:

oink

nounɔɪŋkoiNGk
  • The characteristic grunting sound of a pig.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • There were hundreds of them, all marching inexorably east, crunching their way across the tundra, emitting comical, guttural oinks.
    • This man, who lived on an immense land closure, was isolated, and, as a result, when ‘he fell ill, his weak cries could not be heard above the snorts and oinks of the pigs.
    • They all laughed, well, more like a series of grunts and oinks.
verbɔɪŋkoiNGk
[no object]
  • Make the characteristic grunting sound of a pig.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Lavalais said he eats ‘anything that used to moo, cluck or oink - as long as it's cooked.’
    • George can only quack, oink, moo, and meow.
    • A dog would bark, or a pig would oink and it wasn't entirely clear why.
    • The faint oinking of some of his pigs could be heard, even through the walls of the store.
    • Corey took his finger and pulled up his nose to resemble a pig and went up into Al's face and oinked, and snorted.
    • I was very taken by the man who oinked like a startled piglet when he laughed, which was virtually non-stop.
    • The pig trotted off, oinking quietly to itself.

Origin

1940s: imitative.

 
 
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