Old English blætan, from West Germanic *bhle- (source also of Dutch blaten "to bleat"), of imitative origin (compare Greek blekhe "a bleating; the wailing of children," Old Church Slavonic blejat "to bleat," Latin flere "to weep"). Related: Bleated; bleating.
bleat (n.)
c. 1500, from bleat (v.).
1. He heard the bleat of a lamb.
他听到小羊的叫声.
来自《简明英汉词典》
2. She wanted to scream, but all that would come out was this faint bleat.
Old English blætan, from West Germanic *bhle- (source also of Dutch blaten "to bleat"), of imitative origin (compare Greek blekhe "a bleating; the wailing of children," Old Church Slavonic blejat "to bleat," Latin flere "to weep"). Related: Bleated; bleating.
bleat (n.)
c. 1500, from bleat (v.).
双语例句
1. He heard the bleat of a lamb.
他听到小羊的叫声.
来自《简明英汉词典》
2. She wanted to scream, but all that would come out was this faint bleat.