| 词汇 | toot |
| 释义 | toot verb[ I or T ] uk /tuːt/ us /tuːt/ to make a short sound or series of short sounds, especially with the horn of a car as a warning: （使）（尤指汽车喇叭）发嘟嘟声 The driver tooted (her horn).司机按了按喇叭。 The train toots its whistle as it passes by. Synonyms beep honk(SOUND) Compare blareverb Everyone in the stadium is shouting and tooting horns. One demonstrator banged a plastic bucket like a drum, while another tooted a trumpet. Horns toot and sound systems blare as 2,000 bicyclists take to the streets. Sounds made by objects, movement or impact bang around bleep boop choo-choo chuff clap along click away crunch honk peal resonance rumble spit squeak susurrus swoosh thrum thunk tick-tock ticking Idiomtoot your own horn toot noun[ C ] uk /tuːt/ us /tuːt/ a short sound, especially one that is one of a series of sounds made with the horn of a car: give a toot onThe waiting taxi gave a toot on its horn. The sharp toot of a car horn outside attracted her attention. Give them a toot on the horn. You'll hear the toot of the horn as the mail bus goes by. He decided to let out a little toot on his whistle. Sounds made by objects, movement or impact bang around bleep boop choo-choo chuff clap along click away crunch honk peal resonance rumble spit squeak susurrus swoosh thrum thunk tick-tock ticking Examples of toottoot The term has been interpreted as the shortened version of the rhyming slang phrase whistle and flute 'toot' (to inhale). I submit that the trumpet blast might better have been a small toot on a small flute. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is for a single flute, which certainly makes a "toot" very expensive. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This morning there is a large notice there asking drivers to toot as they go past if they dislike the community charge. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This land can then be auctioned or tenders can be invited for it and it may be sold for 400 to 500 dollars per square toot. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The majority, however, toot milk. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He tooted it at every crossing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Nowadays if we stop at traffic lights—which is a requirement—when the lights change from red to green, unless we take off immediately we are likely to get tooted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Toot uses his hose on the cats since they also hate water. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Toots served in many capacities as a sparring partner, trainer, sometimes as an opponent and as a police officer. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Toots died in 1945, and the burial site marker was added about 1970. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Toots also instituted time limits as wrestling matches would often go three or four hours. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. I just wanted to be left alone and blow my brains on high-octane toot. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Now we discovered that a toot now and then relieved the boredom of long hours in the studio with little nourishment. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The book was hailed by critics and used in schools as tooting literature. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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