churgle

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To chuckle and gurgle at the same time
    — He was a very grave man habitually, but a churgle (if for once I may be guilty of word-coining) a sort of cross between a chuckle and a gurgle, was audible in his fat throat as he walked over the thick red carpet of the corridor with his salver in his hand.
  2. To hum or rumble, as an engine
    — In the distance, riding from one valley to another, the train whistle sounded. The waiting men stiffened. An occasional crow swooped over them, crying noisily, the only other sound the slowly rising churgle of the train.

词形变化

churgles present,singular,third-person churgling participle,present churgled participle,past churgled past
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