groak

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Someone who waits at meal-times with the expectation of getting something to eat.
  2. A wistful look by a child on any article greatly desired.
动词 v.
  1. To stare or look fixedly at someone; esp. of a child or dog in anticipation of receiving food.
  2. To look at someone with a watchful or suspicious eye.
    — Grouk is often used, as denoting the watchfulness of a very niggardly person, who is still afraid that any of his property be given away or carried off.

词形变化

groaks present,singular,third-person groaking participle,present groaked participle,past groaked past growk alternative groke alternative groaks plural growk alternative groke alternative

词源

词源 1
Unknown. Adapted into English from the Scots groak, growk with an unchanged meaning; groak in Scotland and growk in Ulster. The earliest recorded English usage of this term is as grouk in 1808 (see sense 2).
词源 2
Unknown. Adapted into English from the Scots groak, growk with an unchanged meaning; groak in Scotland and growk in Ulster. The earliest recorded English usage of this term is as grouk in 1808 (see sense 2).
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