coo
verb[I]
uk/kuː/us/kuː/present participlecooing|past tense and past participlecooedWhenbirdssuch asdovesandpigeonscoo, they make alowsoftsound.
(鸽子等)咕咕地叫tospeakin asoft,gentle, orlovingway:
低声细语,轻柔地低语;呢喃Thebabylayin hiscot, cooing andgurgling.婴儿躺在自己的小床上,咿咿呀呀,咯咯笑着。
It'ssickeningthe way she coosoverthosecatsof hers.她对她那些猫柔声低语的样子令人作呕。
[+ speech]"Howwonderfultoseeyou again,darling," she cooed.“又见到你真高兴,亲爱的,”她柔声低语道。
Animal (non-human) sounds
- baa
- bark
- bleat
- buzzy
- caterwauling
- chatter
- cockcrow
- croak
- cry
- hee-haw
- honk
- howling
- mewl
- miaow
- peep
- quack
- squeak
- trill
- trumpet
- woof
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Ways of talking