bleat

1. V-I When a sheep or goat bleats, it makes the sound that sheep and goats typically make. (羊)咩咩地叫

From the slope below, the wild goats bleated faintly. 野山羊在下面山坡上咩咩地輕聲叫著。

...a small flock of bleating ewes and lambs. ...一小群咩咩叫的母羊和羔羊。

2. N-COUNT Bleat is also a noun. 咩咩的叫聲

...the faint bleat of a distressed animal. ...一個(gè)哀傷的動(dòng)物發(fā)出的微弱呼叫聲。

3. V-I If you say that someone bleats about something, you mean that they complain about it in a way which makes them sound weak and irritating. 抱怨; 訴苦[表不滿(mǎn)]

They are always bleating about "unfair" foreign competition. 他們總在抱怨“不公平的”外國(guó)競(jìng)爭(zhēng)。

Don't come bleating to me every time something goes wrong. 不要每次一出問(wèn)題就來(lái)向我訴苦。