Word · Frequency #2330
bay
嗥叫；狂吠
to howl or bark, especially in a deep, prolonged cry (typically of dogs or hounds)
- 1.
To howl.
嚎叫
- 2.
To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive to bay.
对...吠叫；因此,追随吠叫；逼至绝境
- 3.
To pursue noisily, like a pack of hounds.
像猎犬一样吵闹地追逐
朝…吠叫；吠叫着追赶；使陷入绝境；嚎叫；对...吠叫；因此,追随吠叫；逼至绝境；像猎犬一样吵闹地追逐；吠
In use
The hounds began to bay loudly when they caught the scent.
The police bayed the fugitive into a dead-end alley.
The wolf baying in the distance kept everyone awake.
Verb forms
base bay · third person bays · -ing baying · past bayed · past participle bayed
规则动词，表示吠叫或使走投无路。
Connections
Collocations
- bay at the moon
- 对月长嚎
- The wolf bayed at the moon in the cold night.狼在寒冷的夜晚对着月亮长嚎。
- bay for blood
- 叫嚷着要报复；群情激愤地要求严惩
- The crowd was baying for blood after the verdict.宣判后，人群群情激愤地要求严惩。
- baying hounds
- 狂吠的猎犬
- The baying hounds chased the fox across the field.狂吠的猎犬追着狐狸跑过田野。
- baying mob
- 喧闹叫嚷的暴民
- A baying mob gathered outside the courthouse.一群喧闹叫嚷的暴民聚集在法院外。
- bay wildly
- 疯狂地吠叫
- The dogs bayed wildly when they heard the stranger.那些狗听到陌生人的声音后疯狂地吠叫。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：猎犬张着嘴发出“bay”的长嚎，一路吠叫追赶，把猎物逼到绝境。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：文学书面描写、新闻报道、猎犬狩猎场面 动词 bay 通常用于较正式或书面的语境，多出现在文学描写和新闻报道中，例如猎犬或狼嚎叫，或比喻人群大声要求。日常口语中更常说 bark、howl 等，较少直接使用 bay。
Grammar Note
动词bay既可用作及物动词（使走投无路），也可用作不及物动词（吠叫）。
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words all rhyme with bay (/beɪ/): day, say, way, play, stay, may. Note that buy /baɪ/ and boy /bɔɪ/ look similar but do not rhyme.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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