| 单词 | neigh |
| 释义 | neigh (once / 2500 pages) vn The sound that a horse makes is called a neigh. A horse's happy neigh is sometimes a greeting to other horses. You can use neigh to talk about the noise your horse makes, also known as a whinny or a bray. Neigh is also a verb: horses neigh cheerfully or in frustration, and your little brother might like to ride a broomstick wildly around the house and neigh. The word comes from the Old English hnægan, which is most likely imitative of the actual sound of a neigh. In other words, it's an example of onomatopoeia — when a word sounds like what it means. WORD FAMILYneigh: neighed, neighing, neighs USAGE EXAMPLESCompetitors galloped and neighed through the streets of southeast London on Sunday in a pantomime horse race. Reuters(Dec 12, 2016) It's not the smooth animation, nor the perfectly captured neighing, or even their majestic coats that turned me around on horses, though. The Verge(Sep 02, 2016) They were passing the apple tree, when Lancelot’s charger gave a brassy neigh. T. H. White, The Once and Future King(1958) 1v make a characteristic sound, of a horse Syn|Hyper nicker, whicker, whinny emit, let loose, let out, utter express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words) 2n the characteristic sounds made by a horse Syn|Hyper nicker, whicker, whinny cry the characteristic utterance of an animal |
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