Word · Frequency #17410
croak
呱呱叫；发出沙哑的叫声
to make a short, harsh, low sound, as a frog or raven does
- 1.
To make a croak sound.
发出呱呱声
- 2.
To utter in a low, hoarse voice.
用低沉、沙哑的声音说话
- 3.
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
去世,失去维持生命所需的所有身体特征和功能
- 4.
To make its vocal sound.
发出其特有的声音
- 5.
utter a hoarse sound, like a raven
发出沙哑的声音,如乌鸦的叫声
- 6.
To complain; especially, to grumble; to forebode evil; to utter complaints or forebodings habitually.
抱怨；尤其是发牢骚；预示不祥；习惯性地发出抱怨或预言不祥
用低沉沙哑的声音说；死；一命呜呼；抱怨；发牢骚；发出呱呱声；用低沉、沙哑的声音说话
In use
The old frog croaked loudly in the pond.
My throat is so dry that I can only croak when I try to speak.
The raven croaked from the tree, startling the children.
Verb forms
base croak · third person croaks · -ing croaking · past croaked · past participle croaked
用于死亡时是俚语，非正式。
Connections
Collocations
- frogs croak
- 青蛙呱呱叫
- Frogs croaked all night by the pond.池塘边的青蛙呱呱叫了一整夜。
- croak out
- 用沙哑的声音说出
- She croaked out an apology.她用沙哑的声音道了歉。
- croak hoarsely
- 沙哑地低声说
- He croaked hoarsely into the phone.他对着电话沙哑地低声说话。
- croak a warning
- 用沙哑的声音发出警告
- The lookout croaked a warning to the crew.瞭望员用沙哑的声音向船员们发出警告。
- croak it
- 死，一命呜呼
- The old man finally croaked it after a long illness.老人久病之后终于一命呜呼了。
Pop culture & quotes
Learner notes
Memory Tip
青蛙鼓起腮帮发出“呱”的沙哑声，croak就是这个声音的英文拟声词。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：frog or raven calls、informal talk about death、describing a hoarse voice croak 作动词时，常见于描述青蛙等发出呱呱声或人用沙哑嗓音说话，这种用法较为中性；在非正式口语中还可表示“死”，多带幽默或委婉色彩。正式场合表达“去世”时，通常用 die 或 pass away。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 croak /kroʊk/ 押韵的词有 oak、cloak、broke、joke、soak（都读 /oʊk/）。注意 crack /kræk/ 虽以 cr- 开头，但元音不同，并不押韵。
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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