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bray 音標拼音: [br'e] n. 驢叫聲,喇叭聲
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vt. 叫,嘶叫 驢叫聲,喇叭聲叫,嘶叫 bray n 1: the cry of an ass v 1: braying characteristic of donkeys [ synonym: { hee- haw}, { bray}] 2: reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; " grind the spices in a mortar"; " mash the garlic" [ synonym: { grind}, { mash}, { crunch}, { bray}, { comminute}] 3: laugh loudly and harshlyBray \ Bray\, v. i. [ OE brayen, F. braire to bray, OF. braire to cry, fr. LL. bragire to whinny; perh. fr. the Celtic and akin to E. break; or perh. of imitative origin.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. To utter a loud, harsh cry, as an ass. [ 1913 Webster] Laugh, and they Return it louder than an ass can bray. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To make a harsh, grating, or discordant noise. [ 1913 Webster] Heard ye the din of battle bray? -- Gray. [ 1913 Webster]
Bray \ Bray\, v. t. To make or utter with a loud, discordant, or harsh and grating sound. [ 1913 Webster] Arms on armor clashing, brayed Horrible discord. -- MIlton. [ 1913 Webster] And varying notes the war pipes brayed. -- Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster]
Bray \ Bray\ ( br[= a]), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Brayed} ( br[= a] d); p. pr. & vb. n. { Braying}.] [ OE. brayen, OF. breier, F. broyer to pound, grind, fr. OHG. brehhan to break. See { Break}.] To pound, beat, rub, or grind small or fine. [ 1913 Webster] Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar, . . . yet will not his foolishness depart from him. -- Prov. xxvii. 22. [ 1913 Webster]
Bray \ Bray\, n. The harsh cry of an ass; also, any harsh, grating, or discordant sound. [ 1913 Webster] The bray and roar of multitudinous London. -- Jerrold. [ 1913 Webster]
Bray \ Bray\, n. [ OE. braye, brey, brew, eyebrow, brow of a hill, hill, bank, Scot. bra, brae, bray, fr. AS. br[= ae] w eyebrow, influenced by the allied Icel. br[= a] eyebrow, bank, also akin to AS. br[= u] eyebrow. See { Brow}.] A bank; the slope of a hill; a hill. See { Brae}, which is now the usual spelling. [ North of Eng. & Scot.] -- Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster] 161 Moby Thesaurus words for " bray": abrade, atomize, bark, bawl, bay, beat, beep, belch, bell, bellow, blare, blast, blat, blate, bleat, blow, blow the horn, blubber, boom, breathe, brecciate, buck, bugle, burr, buzz, cackle, call, caterwaul, caw, chant, chirp, chirr, clang, clangor, clank, clarion, clash, comminute, contriturate, coo, craunch, croak, crow, crumb, crumble, crump, crunch, crush, cry, disintegrate, drawl, exclaim, fanfare, flour, flourish of trumpets, flute, fragment, gasp, give tongue, give voice, grain, granulate, granulize, grate, grind, grind to powder, groan, growl, grumble, grunt, hiss, honk, howl, jangle, jar, keen, levigate, lilt, low, mash, meow, mew, mewl, miaow, mill, moo, mumble, murmur, mutter, neigh, nicker, pant, peal, pestle, pipe, pound, powder, pule, pulverize, rasp, reduce to powder, roar, rumble, scranch, scrape, scratch, screak, scream, screech, scrunch, shard, shred, shriek, sibilate, sigh, sing, smash, snap, snarl, snore, snort, sob, sound, sound a tattoo, sound taps, squall, squash, squawk, squeak, squeal, tantara, tantarara, taps, tarantara, tattoo, thunder, toot, tootle, triturate, troat, trumpet, trumpet blast, trumpet call, twang, tweedle, ululate, wail, warble, whicker, whine, whinny, whisper, whistle, wind, yap, yawl, yawp, yell, yelp, yip, yowl
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