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crake n. 秧鸡之类,秧鸡的叫声
vi. 秧鸡般叫 秧鸡之类,秧鸡的叫声秧鸡般叫 crake n 1: any of several short-billed Old World rails Crake \Crake\ (kr[=a]k), v. t. & i. [See {Crack}.]
1. To cry out harshly and loudly, like the bird called crake. [1913 Webster] 2. To boast; to speak loudly and boastfully. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Each man may crake of that which was his own. --Mir. for Mag. [1913 Webster] Crake \Crake\, n. A boast. See {Crack}, n. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster] Crake \Crake\, n. [Cf. Icel. kr[=a]ka crow, kr[=a]kr raven, Sw. kr[*a]ka, Dan. krage; perh. of imitative origin. Cf. {Crow}.] (Zool.) Any species or rail of the genera {Crex} and {Porzana}; -- so called from its singular cry. See {Corncrake}. [1913 Webster]
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