purrs

英 [pɜːz]

美 [pɜːrz]

v.  (猫)发出呼噜声，惬意地打呼噜; 轰隆作响; 轰鸣着移动; (愉快或满意地)低沉柔和地讲话; 轻声招呼
purr的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB （猫等满足地）发出呼噜声
  When a catpurrs, it makes a low vibrating sound with its throat because it is contented.
  1. The plump ginger kitten had settled comfortably in her arms and was purring enthusiastically.
     胖乎乎的姜黄色小猫惬意地躺在她的怀里，大声地打着呼噜。
• VERB （机器等）发出持续低沉的声音，发隆隆声
  When the engine of a machine such as a carpurrs, it is working and making a quiet, continuous, vibrating sound.
  1. Both boats purred out of the cave mouth and into open water...
     两艘船隆隆地从洞口开出，进入了开阔的水域。
  2. The Rolls Royce purred down the country road.
     那辆劳斯莱斯沿着乡村小路咕隆隆地开走了。
  3. Purris also a noun.
     
  4. Carmela heard the purr of a motorcycle coming up the drive.
     卡梅拉听到摩托车隆隆地开上了车道。
• VERB （人愉快或劝说别人时）轻柔地说话
  When someonepurrs, they speak in a soft, gentle voice because they are pleased or because they want to persuade you to do something for them.
  1. 'You can tell me the truth,' she purred.
     “你可以告诉我真相，”她轻声说。

双语例句

• And do you understand his purrs and meows?
  而且你明白它的叫声吗？
• Many suggest a cat purrs from contentment and pleasure.
  很多人都认为猫是因为满足和愉快才发出这种声音的。
• That's why the dog is so joyful and why the cat purrs.
  这是为什麽狗始终都如此欢乐而猫总是会发出满足的咕噜声。
• A hungry cat always purrs.
  饥饿的猫总是咕噜咕噜叫。
• But a cat also purrs when it is injured and in pain.
  但是，猫受了伤或处于疼痛中时，也会发出呼噜声。
• When a cat is hungry, it purrs.
  当猫饥饿时，它咕噜咕噜叫。
• Cats have about 100 words in their vocabulary in the form of meows, growls, purrs and hisses.
  猫猫们的语言形式有喵喵叫、咆哮、呼噜声和嘘声，在这些形式中一共有大约100个词汇。
• But he seems to take his work very seriously, and when he settles next to a patient who is dying, he purrs and nuzzles them.
  但它对它的工作似乎非常认真，当它停留在即将去世的病人身边时，它用鼻子爱抚着他们并轻轻地发出“呜呜”的叫声。
• Our understanding of why a domestic cat purrs is becoming more complete;
  人类家猫为何发呼噜声的认识正日趋；
• The contented purrs of the cat.
  猫表示满足的呼噜声。