bleat的词源

英文词源

bleat (v.)

Old English blætan, from West Germanic *bhle- (source also of Dutch blaten "to bleat"), of imitative origin (compare Greek blekhe "a bleating; the wailing of children," Old Church Slavonic blejat "to bleat," Latin flere "to weep"). Related: Bleated; bleating.

bleat (n.)

c. 1500, from bleat (v.).

中文词源

bleat：羊叫

拟声词。

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