bray 音标拼音: [br'e]
n . 驴叫声,喇叭声
vi .
vt . 叫,嘶叫
驴叫声,喇叭声叫,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 harshly Bray \
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 .]
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1 .
To utter a loud ,
harsh cry ,
as an ass .
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Laugh ,
and they Return it louder than an ass can bray . --
Dryden .
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2 .
To make a harsh ,
grating ,
or discordant noise .
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Heard ye the din of battle bray ? --
Gray .
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Bray \
Bray \,
v .
t .
To make or utter with a loud ,
discordant ,
or harsh and grating sound .
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Arms on armor clashing ,
brayed Horrible discord . --
MIlton .
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And varying notes the war pipes brayed . --
Sir W .
Scott .
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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 .
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Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar , . . .
yet will not his foolishness depart from him . --
Prov .
xxvii .
22 .
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Bray \
Bray \,
n .
The harsh cry of an ass ;
also ,
any harsh ,
grating ,
or discordant sound .
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The bray and roar of multitudinous London . --
Jerrold .
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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 .
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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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