purr
purr 英 [pɜ:(r)] 美 [pə]
n. 咕噜咕噜声；（猫的）呜呜声；（机器等）颤动声 vi. 发出喉音；猫发出呜呜声 vt. 发出喉音；满意地说
进行时:purring 过去式:purred 过去分词:purred 第三人称单数:purrs 名词复数:purrs
- The happy sound a relaxed cat makes is a purr. A purr is low and fluttery, and you can feel it vibrating in the cat's body.
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- n. 咕噜咕噜声；（猫的）呜呜声；（机器等）颤动声
- vi. 发出喉音；猫发出呜呜声
- vt. 发出喉音；满意地说
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1. Some find beauty in the purr of an engine, others find it in a baby’s laugh.
有些人会在机器的轰隆声中找到美，而有些人会在婴儿的笑声中找到美。
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2. It could purr along like any luxury car or, at a press of the ubiquitous sport button, growl loudly as you disappear down the road.
它既能像一台普通豪华轿车那样低吟前行，而一旦你按下那个无所不在的“运动”按钮，车便咆哮着瞬间消失在路上。
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3. Karen McComb of the University of Sussex started studying persuasive cat calls after realizing that her own pet used a hybrid between a purr and a cry to get her out of bed in the morning.
萨塞克斯大学的卡伦•麦库姆发现她养的猫咪在早上总是用一种呜呜声与叫声混合而成的声音催她爬下床来，此后，她便开始研究猫咪这种充满劝诱力的声音。
- purr (v.) 1610s, of imitative origin. Related: Purred; purring. As a noun from c. 1600.
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