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bark

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￼牛津8noun, verbBrE /bɑːk/￼NAmE /bɑːrk/￼￼noun￼ word origin￼ example bank[uncountable, countable]1 the outer covering of a tree2 the short loud sound made by dogs and some other animals3 a short loud sound made by a gun or a voice￼a bark of laughter￼sb's bark is worse than their bite (informal) used to say that sb is not really as angry or as aggressive as they soundverb￼ verb forms￼ word origin￼ example bank1 [intransitive] ~ (at sb/sth) when a dog barks, it makes a short loud sound￼The dog suddenly started barking at us.2 [transitive] to give orders, ask questions, etc. in a loud, unfriendly way￼~ out sthShe barked out an order.￼~ sth (at sb) He barked questions at her.￼+ speech ‘Who are you?’ he barked.3 [transitive] ~ sth (especially BrE) to rub the skin off your knee, etc. by falling or by knocking against sth￼ graze￼I barked my shins when I fell on the steps.￼be barking up the wrong ˈtree (informal) to have the wrong idea about how to get or achieve sth￼You're barking up the wrong tree if you're expecting us to lend you any money.￼ see why keep a dog and bark yourself? at dog n.￼牛津7双解￼柯林斯2008￼朗文动词短语

Bark Short Loud Barking Barked Wrong ￼ Word Origin

Bark Short Loud Barking Barked Wrong Word Origin