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- the sharp explosive cry of a dog, fox, or seal（狗、狐或海豹的）吠声, 叫声。
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- a sound resembling this cry, typically one made by someone laughing or coughing（尤指人笑或咳嗽时发出的）吠叫似的声音：
a short bark of laughter.
一声短促的笑声。
1
- no obj.(of a dog, fox, or seal) give a bark（狗、狐或海豹）吠叫。
1.1
- (of a person) make a sound, such as a cough or a laugh, resembling a bark（人）发出（吠叫似的）咳嗽声, 笑声：
she barked with laughter.
她呵呵大笑。
2
- with obj. utter (a command or question) abruptly or aggressively咆哮; 厉声说出（命令, 问题）：
he began barking out his orders
他开始厉声下达命令
with direct speech 'Nobody is allowed up here, ' he barked.“谁也不许上这儿来！”他咆哮道。
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- no obj. US call out in order to sell or advertise something〈美〉大声叫卖：
doormen bark at passers-by, promising hot girls and cold beer.
看门的朝过路人大声吆喝, 说是有辣妹和冰啤。
短语
someone's bark is worse than their bite
- someone is not as ferocious as they appear to sound说话虽严厉, 内心无恶意。
be barking up the wrong tree
- informal pursue a mistaken or misguided line of thought or course of action〈非正式〉捕风捉影; 找错目标。
词源
Old English beorc (noun)， beorcan (verb)， of Germanic origin; possibly related to BREAK1.
mass noun
1- the tough protective outer sheath of the trunk, branches, and twigs of a tree or woody shrub树皮; 茎皮。
1.1
- this material used for tanning leather, making dyestuffs, or as a mulch in gardening（用作制革、制染料或花园覆盖物的）树皮鞣料。
with obj.
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- strip the bark from (a tree or piece of wood)剥去（树, 木头的）皮。
1.1
- scrape the skin off (one's shin) by accidentally hitting it against something hard擦破（胫部的）皮。
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- technical tan or dye (leather or other materials) using the tannins found in bark〈技〉用树皮鞣料鞣（或染）（革或其他材料）。
派生词
barked
adjective红皮的山茱萸。
词源
Middle English: from Old Norse brkr ; perhaps related to BIRCH.