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Honking

“Honking” 最常见指机动车按喇叭发出短促响亮声音,如 honking in traffic(堵车时狂按喇叭);也可描述鹅 honking(嘎嘎叫)。语气常带烦躁或警示。

  1. “Drivers kept honking because the light was stuck on red.” (红灯卡住不动,司机们不停按喇叭。)
  2. “A flock of geese went honking over the lake at dawn.” (黎明时分一群鹅嘎嘎叫着飞过湖面。)
  3. “Please stop honking outside the hospital entrance.” (请不要在医院门口按喇叭。)

“Honk” 为拟声词,模仿喇叭或鹅叫的低沉声响,20 世纪初随汽车普及进入日常词汇。

“honk”(动词/名词,鸣笛声)+ “-ing” 表示正在发出或持续鸣响。

大城市交通报道中 honking 常象征拥堵与路怒;许多城区立法限制 unnecessary honking;鹅的 honking 在北美郊野春季极常见。

  • 固定搭配: “honking the horn” (按喇叭), “honking geese” (鸣叫的鹅群)
  • 原形: honk
  • 名词: honk

“honk” 本身就是喇叭声——加上 ing 就是正在 honk honk 响。

“He woke to cars honking on the street and geese honking in the park, wondering which honking would stop first.” (他被街上的汽车喇叭和公园里的鹅叫吵醒,不知道哪种会先停。)