词族 · whicker
英语词源
- whicker (v.)
- 1650s, "snigger," imitative (compare snicker). As imitative of a sound made by a horse, from 1753. As the sound of something beating the air, from 1920. Related: Whickered; whickering.
权威例句
- 1. TV globe-trotter Alan Whicker was nearly burned alive by an angry mob in Egypt.
- 满世界跑新闻的电视记者艾伦·威克在埃及差点儿被一群愤怒的暴徒活活烧死。
- 2. The little boy was frightened by Dobbin's whicker.
- 那小男孩被Dobbin的嘶鸣声吓住了.
- 3. The little boy was frightened by the horse's whicker.
- 那小男孩被那匹马的嘶鸣声吓住了.