hoarse

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
/hɔːs/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Obsolete spelling of horse. alt-of,obsolete
    — The 15. 3 mo. 1668 - An act maid in a Towne Meting to provent hoarses and meares from doinge damage, as foloeth. All such hoarses and meares, as comonly kepes about the towne, or in the towne stretes, or comonly doth goe in to the towne neck, […]
动词 v.
  1. To utter hoarsely; to croak. uncommon
    — "[...] Madame! Is—that—your—horse?!" "Ain't no horse!" she hoarses. "Thassa thuruly bred Great Dane!" The thuruly bred Great Dane's balls shine like big , bald onions as he squeezes to deposit 4 1⁄2 pounds of vitamin - enriched apcray near the lamp-post.
形容词 adj.
  1. Having a dry, harsh tone to the voice, as a result of a sore throat, age, emotion, etc.
    — I am old and my voice is hoarse […]

词形变化

hoarser comparative hoarsest superlative hoarses present,singular,third-person hoarsing participle,present hoarsed participle,past hoarsed past hoarses plural

词源

From Middle English hors, hos, from Old English hās, *hārs, from Proto-Germanic *haisaz, *haisraz, akin to Old Norse háss (West Norse) and heiss (East Norse) (whence Icelandic hás, Norwegian Nynorsk hås, Norwegian Bokmål hes and Swedish hes).
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