bark

noun

1. a sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts

Synonym: barque

2. the sound made by a dog

3. a noise resembling the bark of a dog

4. tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants

verb

1. tan (a skin) with bark tannins

2. speak in an unfriendly tone

e.g. She barked into the dictaphone

3. make barking sounds

e.g. The dogs barked at the stranger

4. remove the bark of a tree

Synonym: skin

5. cover with bark

1. （犬）吠，狺狺
When a dog barks, it makes a short, loud noise, once or several times.

bark的反义词

e.g. Don't let the dogs bark...
让那些狗别叫。
e.g. A small dog barked at a seagull he was chasing.
小狗对着它正在追赶的一只海鸥吠叫。

2. 大声嚷；吼叫；厉声叫喊
If you bark at someone, you shout at them aggressively in a loud, rough voice.

e.g. I didn't mean to bark at you...
我不是成心对你嚷嚷的。
e.g. A policeman held his gun in both hands and barked an order.
警察双手握枪，厉声发出指令。

3. 树皮
Bark is the tough material that covers the outside of a tree.

4. 刀子嘴，豆腐心；冷面孔，菩萨心
If you say that someone's bark is worse than their bite, you mean that they seem much more unpleasant or hostile than they really are.

e.g. She can be a bit tetchy but her bark is worse than her bite.
她脾气可能有点暴躁，但她是刀子嘴，豆腐心。

5. to be barking up the wrong tree -> see tree

1. (吠叫)：实施时,使用镊子去夹脚趾,假如仍有正常的深层痛觉,会有行为上的反应,例如:吠叫(Bark)或大声叫喊(Cry),要注意如果只是脚的回缩,那并不是深层痛觉之反应,只是一种局部的反射而已.(3).

2. 叫声：都以 bark() 命名,我们就可将程式设计成让 fido 做出两种行为. 在 DogChorus 中,对 fido 和 spot 我们调用不同的 bark 行为. 注意 fido 在他听到 spot 的叫声(bark)后,改动了自己的叫声(bark).