Pur

(v. i.) To utter a low, murmuring, continued sound, as a cat does when pleased.

(v. t.) To signify or express by purring.

(n.) The low, murmuring sound made by a cat to express contentment or pleasure.

手打:莫林

• Resolved, as your discriminating good sense perceives, that if you was to have a sap--pur--IZE, it should be a complete one! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• For dinner we had a woodcock with souffl?potatoes and pur閑 de marron, a salad, and zabaione for dessert. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• I wanted to give you a delightful sap--pur--IZE! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• And now, my child, prepare your lessons for repetition, while I put the peas to soak for the purée at dinner. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• I should think none but disagreeable people do, said Celia, in her usual purring way. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.

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