| 释义 |
wheeple, v. Sc. and north. dial.|ˈhwiːp(ə)l|
[Imitative.]
intr. To utter a somewhat protracted shrill cry, like the curlew or plover; also, to whistle feebly (intr. and trans.). So wheeple n.
1793Statist. Acc. Scot. VII. 601 note, I wad na' gie the wheeple of a whaup for a the nightingales that ever sang. 1818Hogg Brownie of Bodsbeck, Hunt of Eildon v, Like Redwings wheepling through the mist. a1837R. Nicoll Poems (1843) 284 We've a' been heathens—now we pray, And sing and wheeple. 1901G. Douglas Ho. w. Gr. Shutters 80 He sometimes wheepled a tune. wheer |
