burr
noun /bɜː(r)/
/bɜːr/
- [usually singular] a strong pronunciation of the ‘r’ sound, typical of some accents of (= ways of pronouncing) English; an accent with this type of pronunciation
小舌 r 音,颤音 r,带浓重 r 音的口音(某些英语方言中的典型发音) - She speaks with a soft West Country burr.
她说话带有一种西部地区浓重 r 音的口音。
- She speaks with a soft West Country burr.
- [usually singular] the soft regular noise made by parts of a machine moving quickly
synonym whir(机器部件快速运转时有规律的)呼呼声 - (also bur)[countable] the seed container of some plants that sticks to clothes or fur
Topics Plants and treesc2(某些植物)带芒刺的小果实
词源Middle English (in sense (3)): probably of Scandinavian origin and related to Danish burre ‘burr, burdock’, Swedish kard-borre ‘burdock’.