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pur (intransitive)
不及物用法，常描述猫等动物发出喉音。
The cat purrs when it is happy.
猫高兴时会发出咕噜声。
发出喉音；咕噜咕噜叫
purring — present participle of pur
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发出喉音；咕噜咕噜叫
To make a low, continuous, murmuring sound like a cat does when pleased.
The cat purrs when it is happy.
猫高兴时会发出咕噜声。
pur
Base
原形
purs
3rd person
第三人称单数
purring
-ing
现在分词
purred
Past
过去式
purred
Past participle
过去分词
The cat purs when it is happy.
猫开心时发出咕噜声。
规则动词，-ing和-ed需双写r。
My cat likes to pur softly when I stroke her.
我的猫喜欢在我抚摸它时轻轻地发出咕噜声。
The kitten was purring loudly on the sofa.
小猫在沙发上大声地咕噜咕噜叫。
When I picked him up, he began to pur with pleasure.
我把他抱起来时，他开始高兴地发出咕噜声。
不及物用法，常描述猫等动物发出喉音。
The cat purrs when it is happy.
猫高兴时会发出咕噜声。
及物用法较不常见，表示以咕噜声表达某种情感。
The cat purred its contentment softly.
猫轻轻地咕噜着表示满足。
Not this
The cat pur when it is happy.
Use this
The cat purrs when it is happy.
英语动词在第三人称单数现在时要加 -s。'pur' 的第三人称单数形式是 'purrs'，中国学习者常忽略词尾。
Not this
Yesterday, the cat pur all night.
Use this
Yesterday, the cat purred all night.
英语动词过去时要加 -ed。'pur' 的过去式是 'purred'，中国学习者常因汉语无时态变形而遗漏后缀。
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真正押韵的是 fur /fəː/、blur /bləː/、sir /səː/、stir /stəː/（英式发音中 r 不读出）。purse /pəːs/ 拼写以 pur 开头，元音也相同，但后面多出 /s/，所以不完全押韵；pure /pjʊə/ 同样是拼写陷阱，虽然以 pur 开头，但发音完全不同，不押韵。
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