brekekekex

动词 v. 感叹词 intj.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To make a brekekekex sound; to ribbit.
    — There was not a fisherman on the river, not a peasant in the fields, nothing but those little vole-catchers and skimming wagtails, the waterbirds and the massed larks and the frogs, whose steady diurnal croak, though universal, seemed milder than the full-moon brekekekexing the night before.
感叹词 intj.
  1. Nonsense word supposedly imitative of frogs. nonce-word
    — Brekekekex! co-ax! co-ax! O happy, happy frogs! How sweet ye sing! would God that I Upon the sweet bubbling pool might lie, And sun myself to-day With you! No curtained bride, I ween, Nor pillowed babe, nor cushioned queen, Nor tiny fay on emerald green, Nor silken lady gray, Lies on a softer couch. O Heaven!

词形变化

brek-kek-kex alternative brekekekexes present,singular,third-person brekekekexing participle,present brekekekexed participle,past brekekekexed past brek-kek-kex alternative

词源

词源 1
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βρεκεκεκέξ (brekekekéx), coined by Aristophanes in the comedy The Frogs.
词源 2
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βρεκεκεκέξ (brekekekéx), coined by Aristophanes in the comedy The Frogs.
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