bark

英 [bɑ?k] 美[bɑrk]

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復數:?barks;第三人稱單數:?barks;過去式:?barked;過去分詞:?barked;現在分詞:?barking;

音：扒塊，扒塊樹皮
2. bark：①bar-叭叭的叫聲。不是總說叭兒狗，哈巴狗嗎——狗吠；②bar扒k開。扒開樹皮——樹皮。

bark 樹皮，狗吠

1.樹皮，詞源同birch, 白樺，白樺樹皮通常用于寫字。

2.狗吠，模仿狗叫的聲音。

bark (n.1): "tree skin," c. 1300, from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse borkr "bark," from Proto-Germanic *barkuz, which probably is related to birch and Low German borke. The native word was rind.
bark (n.2): "any small ship," early 15c., from Middle French barque (15c.), from Late Latin barca (c. 400 C.E.), probably cognate with Vulgar Latin *barica (see barge). More precise sense of "three-masted ship" (17c.) often is spelled barque to distinguish it.
bark (v.): in reference to a dog sound, Old English beorcan "to bark," from Proto-Germanic *berkan (cognates: Old Norse berkja "to bark"), of echoic origin. Related: Barked; barking. To bark up the wrong tree is U.S. colloquial, first attested 1832, from notion of hounds following the wrong scent.
bark (n.3): dog sound, Old English beorc, from bark (v.). Paired and compared with bite (n.) since at least 1660s; the proverb is older: "Timid dogs bark worse than they bite" was in Latin (Canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet, Quintius Curtius).

3. This tree is always recognizable by its extremely beautiful silvery bark.: 這種樹很容易辨認，因為它有著非常漂亮的銀色樹皮。