belch英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

An instance of belching; the sound that it makes.

— The hotel coffee machine gurgles out an acrid belch.
Malt liquor. obsolete

— c. 1699, John Dennis, letter to Mr. Collier Porters would no longer be drunk with Belch

动词 v.

To expel (gas) from the stomach through the mouth; especially, to do so loudly. ambitransitive

— 'Tis not a year or two shows us a man: They are all but stomachs, and we all but food; To eat us hungerly, and when they are full, They belch us.
To eject or emit (something) with spasmodic force or noise. ambitransitive

— Thick smoke belched through the funnels of the steamship.

词形变化

belches present,singular,third-person belching participle,present belched participle,past belched past belches plural

词汇关系

衍生词

belcher belchy outbelch upbelch

词源

词源 1

From Middle English belchen, from Old English bielċan, from Proto-Germanic *balkijaną, *belkaną, probably ultimately of imitative origin.
Related to Dutch balken (“to bray”), Middle Low German belken (“to shout”), Low German bölken (“to shout, bark”), Old English bealċettan (“to utter, send forth”). See also English bolk, boak.

词源 2

From Middle English belchen, from Old English bielċan, from Proto-Germanic *balkijaną, *belkaną, probably ultimately of imitative origin.
Related to Dutch balken (“to bray”), Middle Low German belken (“to shout”), Low German bölken (“to shout, bark”), Old English bealċettan (“to utter, send forth”). See also English bolk, boak.