bellow

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bel·low1 /ˈbeləʊ $ -loʊ/ verb

1 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]SHOUT to shout loudly in a deep voice 咆哮，大声吼叫 SYN yell

‘That’s your problem!’ bellowed Hurley.

“那是你的问题！”赫尔利吼道。

Tony was bellowing orders.

托尼正在吆喝着发号施令。

► see thesaurus at shout

2. [intransitiveI]HBAC to make the deep sound that a bull makes 〔公牛般〕吼叫

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bellow• "Be quiet!" the teacher bellowed.• "He's guilty and I'll prove it!" Sharpton bellowed.• She was half dead, Manshin Anjima bellowed.• Then the referee started to blow his whistle and bellow at me.• Sometimes they can be heard bellowing far away on the shoreline in very great numbers.• Back in the other Washington, Republicans bellowed for his scalp.• Little did I think that the one-time pretty young copy typist would end up bellowing in my ear.• The officer in charge was bellowing instructions through a loudspeaker.• Cantor bellowed into the speaker phone.• As the farmer poured the fluid into the wounds they would bellow loudly and kick out at him.

Related topics: Colours & sounds, Animals

bellow2 noun [countableC]

1 a loud deep shout 吼叫

His voice rose to a bellow.

他提高声音，咆哮了起来。

a bellow of rage/laughter etc

Alex gave another bellow of laughter.

亚历克斯又发出一阵狂笑。

2. CHBAthe deep sound that a bull makes 〔公牛的〕吼叫声

3 bellows [plural]

a) DHTan object used for blowing air into a fire to make it burn better 〔送风催火的〕风箱，吹风器

b) APMpart of a musical instrument that pushes air through pipes to produce a sound, for example in an organ 〔管风琴等的〕风箱

Examples from the Corpus

bellow• Instead of their polished manner and measured tones, he sweats under the studio lights and delivers his lines in a bellow.• In 1884 he achieved a higher temperature using another homemade furnace and bellows.• With an angry bellow, the daemon rose to confront him.• He touched the toad and it inflated jerkily, its throat moving in and out like bellows.• The muffled bellows were the only sounds he could make as his face was pushed closer and closer to the glowing rings.• He worked the bellows furiously, with disastrous results.

a bellow of rage/laughter etc• Behind him Hrun screamed, but it sounded more like a bellow of rage than a cry of pain.• She screamed loudly, but it was a bellow of rage not helplessness.

Origin bellow1

Old English bylgian

bellow2

1. (1700-1800) → BELLOW1

2. (1100-1200) Probably from Old English belg; → BELLY1

bel·low1 verbbellow2 noun

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