gurgle

英 ['gɜːg(ə)l] 美 ['ɡɝɡl]

解释

※ 提供单词"gurgle"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

gurgle 汩汩声

拟声词，模仿水流的声音。比较gargle, gorge.

gurgle: gurgle: see gargoyle
gurgle (v.): early 15c., medical term for "gurgling heard in the abdomen," a native, echoic formation, or ultimately from Latin gurguliare, perhaps via Dutch, German gurgeln. Extended (non-anatomical) use, in reference to water over stones, etc., is first recorded 1713. "This phenomenon of long specialized use before becoming a part of the general vocabulary is often found in English" [Barnhart]. Related: Gurgled; gurgling.
gurgle (n.): early 15c., from gurgle (v.).

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1. We could hear the swish and gurgle of water against the hull.: 我们能听到水拍打船体时的哗哗声。