croaks

英 [krəʊks]

美 [kroʊks]

v.  发出(像青蛙的)低沉沙哑声; 呱呱地叫; 用低沉而沙哑的声音说话; 死; 咽气
croak的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB (青蛙或鸟)发出低哑叫声，呱呱叫
  When a frog or birdcroaks, it makes a harsh, low sound.
  1. Thousands of frogs croaked in the reeds by the riverbank.
     上千只青蛙在河岸边的芦苇荡里呱呱叫。
  2. Croakis also a noun.
     
  3. ...the guttural croak of the frogs.
     粗嘎的蛙鸣声
• VERB (人)用低哑的声音说
  If someonecroakssomething, they say it in a low, rough voice.
  1. Tiller moaned and managed to croak, 'Help me.'...
     蒂勒呻吟着，用沙哑的声音勉强喊出了一声“救救我”。
  2. She croaked something unintelligible.
     她声音沙哑地说了些含糊不清的话。
  3. Croakis also a noun.
     
  4. His voice was just a croak.
     他的嗓音沙哑。

双语例句

• "Will I meet her at a party?" he croaks.
  “我将在一次聚会上碰到她吗？”他呱呱的叫着。
• The words she croaks in her thatch-roofed, mud-brick farmhouse are precious.
  在这间由茅草筑顶、土砖建成的农舍里，她沙哑的声音所说的每个字都弥足珍贵。
• A burst of noisy croaks came from the pond.
  从池塘里传来了一阵喧噪的蛙鸣。
• She has a hallucinatory vision of thousands of frogs, whose croaks sound like the cries of new-born babies.
  她产生了一种幻觉，似乎有无数的青蛙在她耳边呱呱鸣叫，听起来就像是很多新生儿在哭喊。