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。
- “Drivers kept honking because the light was stuck on red.” (红灯卡住不动,司机们不停按喇叭。)
- “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。)
- “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。)