Word · Frequency #21990
bleat
羊叫声；咩咩声
the sound made by sheep or goats, or a similar sound
羊的叫声
In use
From the hillside, we heard the faint bleat of a sheep.
The little lamb bleated for its mother all morning.
As I walked past the fence, the goats began to bleat.
the bleat of sth
名词用法，指羊或山羊的叫声，也可指类似的声音。
The bleat of the goat could be heard from the next field.
山羊的叫声从隔壁田野都能听到。
bleat for sth
不及物动词用法，指羊、山羊发出咩咩叫声，常接 for 短语表示呼唤的对象或目的。
The lamb bleated for its mother.
羊羔咩咩叫着找妈妈。
bleat about sth
不及物动词用法，引申为‘抱怨’‘发牢骚’，带贬义。
He kept bleating about how tired he was.
他一直发牢骚说自己有多累。
bleat that ...
及物动词用法，后接 that 从句，表示用颤抖或抱怨的声音说出。
She bleated that she had been treated unfairly.
她颤抖着声音说受到不公平对待。
Common mistakes
The sheep bleat loudly yesterday.The sheep bleated loudly yesterday.
汉语依靠时间词表示过去，动词不变化；英语一般过去时谓语动词必须用过去式，bleat 的过去式是 bleated。
Listen, the sheep is bleat.Listen, the sheep is bleating.
be 动词后接动词原形不能构成进行时，需要用现在分词；bleat 的现在分词是 bleating。
Connections
Collocations
- the bleat of sheep
- 羊的咩咩声
- The bleat of sheep woke us at dawn.黎明时羊的咩咩声把我们吵醒了。
- bleat plaintively
- 哀怨地咩咩叫
- The goat bleated plaintively when we left.我们离开时，那只山羊哀怨地咩咩叫。
- a bleat of protest
- 一声抗议的哀鸣
- He gave a weak bleat of protest before agreeing.他表示软弱地抗议一声后才同意。
- bleat about something
- 抱怨某事，发牢骚
- She kept bleating about how unfair the decision was.她一直抱怨这个决定有多不公平。
- bleating lambs
- 咩咩叫的羊羔
- The bleating lambs huddled together in the pen.咩咩叫的羊羔在围栏里挤成一团。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象小羊仰头发出带颤音的“不哩特”声，bleat 就是咩咩叫，也指用颤抖的声音抱怨。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：动物叫声/农场描写、口语中形容人抱怨或诉苦 bleat 本义是羊/山羊的叫声或发出咩咩声，通常用于动物描写，语气中性；口语中比较常见于引申义，指人抱怨、诉苦，语气略带不满。正式书面语中多使用本义。
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words all rhyme with "bleat" (/bliːt/): heat, meat, treat, greet, sheet, and street have the same long /iːt/ sound. Beware lookalikes spelled -eat that sound different, such as great (/ɡreɪt/), sweat (/swet/), and threat (/θret/).
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