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1. Oxford Dictionary

   croak

   • IPA[krəʊk]

   英式

   • n.
     a characteristic deep hoarse sound made by a frog or a crow；a sound resembling a croak
   • v.
     (of a frog or crow) make a characteristic deep hoarse sound；(of a person) make a sound similar to a croak when speaking or laughing

   • verb: croak, 3rd person present: croaks, gerund or present participle: croaking, past tense: croaked, past participle: croaked

2. • 釋義

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a characteristic deep hoarse sound made by a frog or a crow a female frog can pick out a mate's voice from a cacophony of croaks
   • ▪ a sound resembling a croak Lorton tried to laugh—it came out as a croak

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. (of a frog or crow) make a characteristic deep hoarse sound the frogs settled in the shade, croaking happily
   • ▪ (of a person) make a sound similar to a croak when speaking or laughing ‘Thank you,’ I croaked 同義詞 rasp, squawk, caw, crow, wheeze, ... 更多gasp, choke, hack, hawk, bark, cough, speak hoarsely, speak huskily, speak throatily, speak harshly, speak thickly
   • ▪ archaic prophesy evil or misfortune, especially unjustifiably and to the irritation of others without croaking, it may be observed that our government is upon a dangerous experiment
   • 2. informal die the dog finally croaked in 1987 同義詞 die, pass away, pass on, lose one's life, depart this life, ... 更多expire, breathe one's last, draw one's last breath, meet one's end, meet one's death, lay down one's life, be no more, perish, be lost, go the way of the flesh, go the way of all flesh, go to glory, go to one's last resting place, go to meet one's maker, cross the great divide, cross the Styx, informalgive up the ghost, kick the bucket, bite the dust, flatline, conk out, buy it, turn up one's toes, cash in one's chips, go belly up, shuffle off this mortal coil, go the way of the dinosaurs, push up the daisies, be six feet under, informalsnuff it, peg out, pop one's clogs, hop the twig/stick, bite the big one, buy the farm, check out, hand in one's dinner pail, go bung, literaryexit, archaicdecease反義詞 live, survive
   • ▪ kill (someone) there are a few people down there who'd like to croak him