"The lambs were bleating"
1.(羊)咩咩叫
When a sheep or goatbleats, it makes the sound that sheep and goats typically make.
e.g. From the slope below, the wild goats bleated faintly.
山坡下面,野山羊咩咩地轻声叫着。
e.g. ...a small flock of bleating ewes and lambs.
一小群咩咩叫的母羊和羊羔
2.微弱地尖声诉说;羊叫般地说
If someonebleats, they speak in a weak, high voice.
e.g. 'I don't want it,' Eric bleated.
“我不想要它,”埃里克微弱地尖声说。
3.抱怨;低声诉苦
If you say that someonebleats about something, you mean that they complain about it in a way which makes them sound weak and irritating.
e.g. They are always bleating about 'unfair' foreign competition...
他们总是抱怨“不公平的”外国竞争。
e.g. Don't come bleating to me every time something goes wrong.
不要一有问题就跑来向我哭诉。
相关词组:bleat on about
1. (羊或小牛)叫声;咩咩声:bellow:(公牛)吼叫声 |bleat:(羊或小牛)叫声;咩咩声 | bowwow:(狗)汪汪声
2. 叫声:bleary-eyed 近视的 |bleat 叫声 | bleb 水泡
3. 羊叫声:blank 空白处 |bleat 羊叫声 | blood type血型