bark

bark1
noun
  1. the sharp explosive cry of a dog, fox, or seal
    （狗、狐或海豹的）吠声，叫声
    ■a sound resembling this cry, typically one made by someone laughing or coughing
    （尤指人笑或咳嗽时发出的）吠叫似的声音
    a short bark of laughter.
    一声短促的笑声。
verb
  1. [no obj.](of a dog, fox, or seal) give a bark
    （狗、狐或海豹）吠叫
    ■(of a person) make a sound, such as a cough or a laugh, resembling a bark
    （人）发出（吠叫似的）咳嗽声，笑声
    she barked with laughter.
    她呵呵大笑。
  2. [with obj.]utter (a command or question) abruptly or aggressively
    咆哮；厉声说出（命令，问题）
    he began barking out his orders.
    他开始厉声下达命令。
    [with direct speech]‘Nobody is allowed up here,’ he barked.
    “谁也不许上这儿来！”他咆哮道。
    ■[no obj.](US)call out in order to sell or advertise something
    (美)大声叫卖
    doormen bark at passers-by, promising hot girls and cold beer.
    看门的朝过路人大声吆喝，说是有辣妹和冰啤。
常用词组
someone's bark is worse than their bite
  1. someone is not as ferocious as they appear to sound
    某人说话严厉，但并无恶意
be barking up the wrong tree
  1. (informal)pursue a mistaken or misguided line of thought or course of action
    (非正式)捕风捉影；找错目标
语源
  1. Old English beorc (noun), beorcan (verb), of Germanic origin; possibly related to break
bark2
noun
  1. [mass noun]the tough protective outer sheath of the trunk, branches, and twigs of a tree or woody shrub
    树皮；茎皮
    ■this material used for tanning leather, making dyestuffs, or as a mulch in gardening
    （用作制革、制染料或花园覆盖物的）树皮鞣料
verb
[with obj.]
  1. strip the bark from (a tree or piece of wood)
    剥去（树，木头的）皮
    ■scrape the skin off (one's shin) by accidentally hitting it against something hard
    擦破（胫部的）皮
  2. (technical)tan or dye (leather or other materials) using the tannins found in bark
    (技)用树皮鞣料鞣（或染）（革或其他材料）
派生
barked
adjective
  1. 红皮的山茱萸
    [in combination]the red-barked dogwood.
语源
  1. Middle English : from Old Norse bǫrkr; perhaps related to birch
bark3
noun
  1. (archaic or poetic/literary)a ship or boat
    (古 或 诗/文)船，小舟
语源
  1. late Middle English : variant of barque
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