cackle英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

The cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg. countable,uncountable

— I heard a grey hen cackling among the ling; I called and thought, "If I could get a sight of you now, it would be your last cackle;" just then I heard something moving behind me on the path.
A laugh resembling the cry of a hen or goose. countable,uncountable
Futile or excessively noisy talk. countable,uncountable

— There's no time to waste on silly cackle.
A group of hyenas. collective,countable,uncountable

动词 v.

To make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does. intransitive

— When every goose is cackling.
To laugh with a broken sound similar to a hen's cry. intransitive

— The witch cackled evilly.
To talk in a silly manner; to prattle. intransitive

— It is also the business of a sensible government, not to cackle on its discoveries
To pretend to rattle (dice) in one's hand while gripping them so that they maintain their orientation. slang,transitive

— Danny cackled the dice furiously in his cupped hand, then rolled them so they stopped inches from Slattery's hands. The result was the same as before – a seven.

词形变化

cackles plural cackles present,singular,third-person cackling participle,present cackled participle,past cackled past

词汇关系

衍生词

cackleberry cackle-fart cackly hen-cackle cackle bladder cackle-bladder cackle fruit cackler cackling goose cacklingly

词源

词源 1

From Middle English caclen, cakelen, perhaps from Old English *caclian, *cacolian, from Proto-West Germanic *kakulōn, *kakilōn (“to cackle, gaggle, yelp, snarl”), perhaps of imitative origin. By surface analysis, cack + -le.
Compare Dutch kakelen (“to cackle”), German Low German kakeln (“to cackle”), German kakeln (“to blather”), Danish kagle (“to cackle”), Swedish kackla (“to cackle”). Compare also Old English cahhetan, ċeahhettan (“to laugh loudly; cackle”), German gackern (“to cackle”).

词源 2

From Middle English caclen, cakelen, perhaps from Old English *caclian, *cacolian, from Proto-West Germanic *kakulōn, *kakilōn (“to cackle, gaggle, yelp, snarl”), perhaps of imitative origin. By surface analysis, cack + -le.
Compare Dutch kakelen (“to cackle”), German Low German kakeln (“to cackle”), German kakeln (“to blather”), Danish kagle (“to cackle”), Swedish kackla (“to cackle”). Compare also Old English cahhetan, ċeahhettan (“to laugh loudly; cackle”), German gackern (“to cackle”).