cackling n. 防磨卷;咯咯叫;高声谈笑
v. 咯咯叫;咯咯地笑(cackle的ing形式)
adj. 咯咯叫的;高声笑的
- "Snow," the moon called down again, cackling.
“雪诺,”月亮又叫了一声,叽叽咕咕地。 - Australian kingfisher having a loud cackling cry.
澳大利亚高声大叫的翠鸟。 - He that would have eggs must endure the cackling of hens.
想要吃鸡蛋,就不得不听母鸡叫。(要享受就得先吃苦)
Cackling \Cac"kling\, n.
The broken noise of a goose or a hen.
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Cackle \Cac"kle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Cackled} (-k'ld); p. pr.
& vb. n. {Cackling}.] [OE. cakelen; cf. LG. kakeln, D.
kakelen, G. gackeln, gackern; all of imitative origin. Cf.
{Gagle}, {Cake} to cackle.]
1. To make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose
does.
When every goose is cackling. --Shak.
2. To laugh with a broken noise, like the cackling of a hen
or a goose; to giggle. --Arbuthnot.
3. To talk in a silly manner; to prattle. --Johnson.