croodle

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A bird's coo, especially that of a dove.
    — [A]nd no sound falls on my ears, except the distant roar of a passing train, the song of linnets, and croodle of turtle-dove and cushat.
动词 v.
  1. To cower or cuddle together, as from fear or cold; to lie close and snug together, as pigs in straw. UK,dialectal,obsolete
    — Far ben thy dark green plantin's shade The cushat croodles am'rously
  2. To make a cooing sound. dialectal
    — Too dark to see well, but judge from movements of old bird's head and croodling noise.
  3. To fawn or coax. UK,dialectal,obsolete

词形变化

croodles present,singular,third-person croodling participle,present croodled participle,past croodled past croodles present,singular,third-person croodling participle,present croodled participle,past croodled past croodles plural

词源

词源 1
Compare cruddle, crudle.
词源 2
Onomatopoeic "croo" + -le.
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