“bull、frog”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

bull-frog

释义

ˈbull-ˌfrog
[f. bull n.¹ + frog.]
The name given to certain large American frogs, esp. Rana pipiens, a species 6 or 8 inches long, which has a voice not unlike that of a bull.
1738Mortimer Nat. Hist. Carolina in Phil. Trans. XL. 348 The Bull-Frog. This hath its English Name from its Noise, which seems not unlike the Bellowing of a Bull at a Distance.1795Wolcott (P. Pindar) Lousiad iii. Wks. 1812 I. 248 The Bull-frog's snore.1824W. Irving T. Trav. (1849) 384 The bull-frog croaked dolefully from a neighboring pool.1855Longfellow Hiaw. ix. 118 And the bull-frog, the Dahinda, Thrust his head into the moonlight.

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