英语词汇“burr”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

(also bur) a rough or prickly covering of a fruit or seed

something that sticks or clings

a thin rough edge left after cutting or shaping metal, plastic, etc

the rolled pronunciation of /r/ made at the back of the throat or the front of the mouth

a hard rounded outgrowth on a tree trunk or branch

the rolled pronunciation of /r/ made at the back of the throat, as in a West Country or Northumberland accent

the rolled /r/ made at the front of the mouth in some Scottish accents

generally, a dialectal pronunciation

‘A Yorkshire burr,’ he affirmed, ‘was … much better than a Cockney's lisp.’ — Charlotte Brontë

a small drill, e.g. one used by a dentist or surgeon

a rough whirring sound

[Middle English burre, of Germanic origin; related to Old English byrst bristle¹]

to make a whirring sound

to form a rough or projecting edge on (metal)

verb trans

to pronounce (an ‘r’) with a burr