bray

英 [breɪ]

美 [breɪ]

v.  (驴子)嘶叫; 以刺耳的高声讲话(或笑)
n.  驴叫声，似驴叫的声音; （喇叭的）嘟嘟声

过去式：brayed　现在分词：braying　复数：brays　第三人称单数：brays　过去分词：brayed　

GRE

BNC.16765 / COCA.23133

牛津词典

verb

• （驴子）嘶叫
  when a donkey brays , it makes a loud unpleasant sound
• 以刺耳的高声讲话（或笑）
  to talk or laugh in a loud unpleasant voice
  1. He brayed with laughter.
     他刺耳地大笑。
  2. a braying voice
     刺耳的声音

柯林斯词典

• VERB （驴）嘶叫
  When a donkeybrays, it makes a loud harsh sound.
  1. The donkey brayed and tried to bolt.
     这头驴嘶叫着试图脱缰而逃。
• VERB 发出驴叫似的声音；刺耳地高声说话
  If someonebrays, they make a loud harsh sound or talk in a loud harsh way.
  1. Neil brayed with angry laughter...
     尼尔愤怒地尖声大笑。
  2. Her voice was shockingly loud. 'Put the chair down,' she brayed...
     她的声音大得吓人。“放下椅子，”她粗声说道。
  3. William had a loud, braying voice.
     威廉有一副大嗓门，说起话来粗声粗气。
  4. Brayis also a noun.
     
  5. She cut him off with a wild bray of laughter.
     她用刺耳的狂笑打断了他的讲话。

英英释义

noun

• the cry of an ass

verb

• laugh loudly and harshly
• reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
  1. grind the spices in a mortar
  2. mash the garlic
  Synonym:grindmashcrunchcomminute
• braying characteristic of donkeys
  Synonym:hee-haw

双语例句

• Dr. George Bray at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Louisiana led the new study.
  路易斯安那州彭宁顿生物医学研究中心的乔治·布雷（GeorgeBray）博士领导了这项新的研究。
• Economist Margaret Bray of the London School of Economics says there is good reason to be nervous.
  伦敦经济研究院的经济学家布雷说，人们有充分理由感到不安。
• By and by, the tiger got used to the donkey's bray and began to get nearer and nearer to it.
  渐渐地，老虎听惯了驴子的叫声，开始一点点地接近它。
• Wendell Bray: Of course. I appreciate your honesty.
  豌豆：当然当然，谢谢你的直言相告。
• Quan and Bray, a London-based married couple, invested heavily in the project.
  来自伦敦的全莉、博锐夫妇在该项目中有大量投资。
• The donkey brayed and tried to bolt.
  这头驴嘶叫着试图脱缰而逃。
• They lived in a sleepy little village called bray.
  他们住在一个叫布雷的寂静的小村庄里。
• Her voice was shockingly loud. 'Put the chair down,' she brayed
  她的声音大得吓人。“放下椅子，”她粗声说道。
• Leibowitz said Bray and Quan have terminated their agreement and association with the Vartys, and would contest the provisional restraining order.
  利博维兹称，博锐和全莉已经终止了他们与瓦提兄弟的协议与合作，并将对禁令提出抗议。
• Low-born king's intimates, Reynold Bray, Richard Empson and Edmund Dudley, devoted themselves to extortion, while the king's spies and "promoters" roamed and listened everywhere.
  国王出身低微的密友雷诺•布雷、理查德•爱普生和埃德蒙•达德利都极力进行敲诈勒索，而国王的间谍和“推动者”到处刺探和窃听。