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单词 cluck
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
cluck1 /klʌk/USA pronunciation   v. [no object]
  1. Animal Behaviorto utter the cry of a hen brooding or calling her chicks.

n. [countable]
  1. a clucking sound.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
cluck1  (kluk),USA pronunciation v.i. 
  1. Animal Behaviorto utter the cry of a hen brooding or calling her chicks.
  2. to make a similar sound;
    express concern, approval, etc., by such a sound.

v.t. 
  1. to call or utter by clucking.

n. 
  1. Animal Behaviorthe sound uttered by a hen when brooding, or in calling her chicks.
  2. any clucking sound.
  • 1475–85; variant of clock (now dialect, dialectal and Scottish), Middle English clokken, Old English cloccian to cluck; cognate with Dutch klokken

cluck2  (kluk),USA pronunciation n. [Slang.]
  1. Slang Termsa dull-witted, stupid person;
    blockhead;
    dolt.
  • special use of cluck1 1900–05, American.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
cluck /klʌk/ n
  1. the low clicking sound made by a hen or any similar sound
 vb
  1. (intransitive) (of a hen) to make a clicking sound
  2. (transitive) to call or express (a feeling) by making a similar sound
Etymology: 17th Century: of imitative origin
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