| 单词 |
bleater |
| 释义 |
bleater|ˈbliːtə(r)| [f. bleat v. + -er1.] 1. An animal that bleats, as a sheep, calf, etc.
1567Morton Gt. Bull in Harl. Misc. (1811) VII. 536 Some calves with blacke faces, as blacke soule and hys fellowes common bleaters. 1755Gentl. Mag. XXV. 568 Swift o'er the lawns the little bleaters bound. 1808Jamieson, Bleater, the cock snipe, Ettr. For.; denominated from its bleating sound. 1855Singleton Virgil I. 87 Plunge the flock of bleaters in the healthful stream. †2. Thieves' slang: (see quot.) Obs.
1609Dekker Lanthorne Wks. 1884–5 III. 290 They that are Cheated by Iacke in a Boxe, are called Bleaters. |

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