Definition of croak in English:

croak

noun krəʊkkroʊk

1A characteristic deep hoarse sound made by a frog or a crow.
（青蛙或乌鸦的）呱呱叫声
a female frog can pick out a mate's voice from a cacophony of croaks
Example sentencesExamples
- In the middle of war, it was a respite - the still of another desert evening, framed by the croak of frogs in the irrigation ditches, the snores of Marines all around me.
- She finally reached a point where she could hear the voices over the sounds of the crickets and the croaks of frogs.
- As the man says: ‘There's only so many bumps on a log, so many grunts in a hog, so many croaks in a frog… ‘Food for thought, indeed.’
- In general, vocalizations are varied and include: trumpeting, whistles, twitters, honks, barks, grunts, quacks, croaks and growls.
- ‘The guttural comment’ is the croak of the frog who is indignant at the trespass.
- When one frog calls, the others immediately join it in a concert of quacks and croaks.
- My thoughts, however, stubbornly refused to cling to the issue and when a hoarse croak broke loose from high above me, I started violently.
- It was the low rattling croak of crows hanging over us.
- Keithran called out over the croaks of frogs, ‘Do we have to go this way?’
- Crickets sang in stereo and a distant croak of a frog interrupted the hum.
- She doesn't remember the very first day the nightingale's song metamorphosed into a crow's croak.
- In some places it is primeval and wet, where streaky barked eucalyptus strive upwards through dripping mists alive with frog croaks.
- The auditorium was filled with barks, meows, quacks, clucks, hisses and croaks as more then 50 animals were judged on their sweetness, uniqueness, tricks, costumes, behaviour and appearance.
- The lands beyond are filled with a chorus of bleats and croaks and barks.
- Frogs have filled the night with croaks, yaps, grunts, chirps, trills, and warbles since the Age of Dinosaurs.
- Then Corith's frog gave a croak and shot up pink gas from its purple spots that smelled faintly of cherry coke.
- The track ends with a nighttime snippet of what sounds like a frog pond - croaks, chirps, waterlogged crickets.
- Males are characterized by louder grunts, croaks or barks.
- Their voices have the drunken croak and rumble of old crows.
- The noise was like the croak of a frog mixed with English.
Synonyms
rasp, wheeze, gasp, bark, hack, cough
caw, squawk, cackle, clack, cluck
1. 1.1 A sound resembling a croak.
  Lorton tried to laugh—it came out as a croak
  洛顿想笑——但发出的却是一种低沉而沙哑的声音。
  Example sentencesExamples
  She tried to yell at him, but her voice came out sounding more like a croak.
  He was tired, his shoulder muscles have wasted, his clothes hung off him, the once great sonic boom of voice was reduced to a croak, but the legendary wit and warmth were still intact.
  When the voice spoke, it was a hoarse croak, thunderous and deep.
  I'm less impressed with the recent work, which is mostly a stony croak over monotonal and mostly inert melodies, but it's not all bad.
  Her alien croaks and gurgles emanate from deep within her barely moving throat.
  He heard a hoarse croak and turned to his side.
  Having only a croak of a voice, I managed to screech out one chorus but apart from that was blessedly relieved from the pressure to sing.
  Even when illness had shackled him to a wheelchair and reduced his voice to a croak, he never hid from his fellow man.
  ‘I told you he would come,’ the croak of a voice sounded from behind her.
  He winced as if the words were somehow painful, and when he spoke, it was in a hoarse croak.
  Her voice sounded like a deafened croak as she crouched by the girl's side.
  A second croak tore like a whip-lash through the silent forest.
  I tried to sound in control and normal but all I could manage were hoarse croaks.
  Her eyes widened and she wanted to scream, but her throat was suddenly dry and only a hoarse croak escaped her throat.
  The question came as a hoarse croak from the corner.
  My hoarse croak was in complete odds with her, happy, sedated voice.
  Seventy-one years old and his nicotine-clogged croaks still make his legions of fans want to jiggle the old pelvis.
  His voice gave out on the final syllable, his distressed croak fading abruptly into an almost inaudible squeak.
  My throat was so sore that it must have sounded more like a croak.
  Much to my dismay, my voice sounded like a croak when I said, ‘Hi Alli.’

verb krəʊkkroʊk

[no object]

1(of a frog or crow) make a characteristic deep hoarse sound.
（青蛙，乌鸦）呱呱叫
the frogs settled in the shade, croaking happily
Example sentencesExamples
- On Brookfair, the nights were so clear and silent that you could hear the crickets chirping and every frog and toad croaking for their mates and you could hear cranes whooping and ducks going to sleep.
- The frogs croaking in the lake were loud enough to drown out the performers.
- Frogs croaked in the ditches; cicadas shrilled in the fields.
- She could also hear the frogs croaking on the nearby pond.
- The frogs croaked a jovial tune; the flowers smelled perfect.
- She produced a gorgeous tone on the lowest strings of her viola, in that dangerous zone on the modern instrument in which the viola can sound like a frog croaking.
- There was always some sound to be heard; the chirping of crickets, bird songs, bullfrogs croaking, and the crunching of leaves and pine needles underfoot.
- Decades of spraying pesticides, herbicides, and fungicides had made sure that not even a frog croaks on a rainy night here.
- Well, as peaceful as possible with a frog croaking nineteen to the dozen in the background, anyway.
- Frogs croaked at intervals, and other night creatures scurried over the leaves.
- Two years later, using wide-band recording equipment, Feng and his colleagues discovered that the frogs were also croaking in ultrasound - sound vibrations beyond the limit of human hearing.
- Ravens croak replies to the squeaks and cries of marmot and pika.
- The open window let in the sound of evening frogs croaking in the nearby swamp.
- You know, if you say it enough times, it starts to sound like a frog croaking.
- A toad croaked in the distance breaking the eerie silence that haunted the halls of trees and earth.
- ‘The frogs are croaking,’ reports my friend who lives out in the country.
- Most of these sequences are dialog-free with nature sounds - birds tweeting, frogs croaking - overlaid for that vital au naturel feel.
- Frogs and toads croak out a strange mating ritual in a concrete drainage ditch.
- Not too far ahead she could hear the sound of running water, and frogs croaking loudly in many different tones.
- The crickets chirped and the frogs croaked off in the trees.
1. 1.1 (of a person) make a sound similar to a croak when speaking or laughing.
  （人在说话或大笑时）发出低沉而沙哑的声音
  with direct speech ‘Thank you,’ I croaked
  Example sentencesExamples
  ‘Yeah,’ Michael croaked, finding his voice at last, ‘I'm Michael.’
  Office etiquette nevertheless dictates that you must still croak down the phone when you ring in sick.
  He struggled to find words, stuttered a few times, and finally managed to croak, ‘What?’
  ‘I've got a cold, I feel terrible,’ he reluctantly croaked.
  After a few moments of staring into his eyes, I finally managed to croak out, ‘Yeah… that's exactly what Aiden's like.’
  ‘Stop it,’ Nicky croaked in a break from vomiting.
  Byron found his mouth gummy and dry, and he barely croaked out a reply.
  Her brother croaked as he forced the words from his drying lips.
  The President croaked a response as he wrote out an executive order.
  ‘I have brain cancer,’ Andy croaked, very bluntly.
  ‘Stop,’ the man croaked, holding up his hands in supplication.
  ‘I-I'm fine,’ Arika croaked, finally finding her voice.
  Aresanjura laughed, a harsh croaking sound like the death rattle from a blood-choked throat.
  Tell me everything you know,’ Crystal finally croaked out.
  She croaked out her last laugh and then began coughing again into her rags.
  Laura finally managed to croak out a question, ‘What time is it?’
  ‘My name is Sarah,’ she had croaked and then her eyes were closed again.
  ‘Alaster has been sighted, sir,’ he finally croaked.
  Trying to speak once more she finally managed to croak out, ‘Are you hurt?’
  Disgruntled, for he'd been dozing, Scott croaked, ‘Seen what?’
  Synonyms
  rasp, squawk, caw, crow, wheeze, gasp, choke, hack, hawk, bark, cough
  speak hoarsely, speak huskily, speak throatily, speak harshly, speak thickly
2. 1.2archaic Prophesy evil or misfortune, especially unjustifiably and to the irritation of others.
  〈古〉（尤指无理地和使人气愤地）预言罪恶（或不幸）
  without croaking, it may be observed that our government is upon a dangerous experiment
  不是我出言不逊，但看得出来我们的政府正在进行一种危险的试验。
2informal Die.
〈非正式〉死
the dog finally croaked in 1987
那条狗终于在1987年死掉了。
Example sentencesExamples
- I figured the remote's batteries had croaked mid-click.
- Whats more, one of my own favorite kitty cats, beloved and doted on as only a favorite kitty cat can be, recently croaked… I mean passed beyond!
- I'm not in any way a Royalist, but I did feel like a right berk when I told others in the office that she's croaked, prior to looking in the content of the article.
- And as the legendary Norwegian Blue Parrot, they are no more, deceased, kicked the bucket, expired, pushing up daisies, croaked, snuffed-it ex-blogs.
- There are few obituaries more heartfelt than the one HST wrote for Rolling Stone when Nixon finally croaked.
- I'm not certain that I can, but if nothing else, I will now be bombarded with headhunters until the day I croak my last.
- Of course, annual species, like geraniums and impatiens, are supposed to croak every year after dropping their seeds.
- After Henry croaked, Katherine dropped the prim and proper act and married Thomas Seymour.
- He said that trains are going quite slowly when they enter the station, so people often take a long time to croak and are sometimes still alive when he arrives.
- Now he's croaked, maybe someone can pass a couple of boxes my way.
- Alexander croaked in his early thirties, I seem to remember.
- And I'm sure glad you're back cause Mac would have been so annoyed if you'd croaked.
- He croaked a year later.
- And all that the note told me of was that my great-aunt was ill and my parents didn't know where I was at the time, so they drove off to Wisconsin to go visit her, before she perhaps croaked.
- Not because you won't drop weight, but because you'll croak if you eat if after you lose weight.
- If all these people croak in 2005, I'm going to be annoyed.
- Every director knows that someone could croak during production, and no one gives it any thought.
- Don't worry I'll say nice things at your funeral when you finally croak from all the stress.
- It took 'em 10 years to finally croak.
- That means the husband probably croaked, and she still can't get over it.
Synonyms
die, pass away, pass on, lose one's life, depart this life, 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
1. 2.1with object Kill (someone)
  杀死（某人）
  there are a few people down there who'd like to croak him
  Example sentencesExamples
  I'll make sure the people who are won't get croaked and that's about it.
  Synonyms
  murder, cause the death of, end the life of, take the life of, do away with, make away with, assassinate, do to death, eliminate, terminate, dispatch, finish off, put to death, execute

Origin

Middle English (as a verb): imitative.

Rhymes

awoke, bespoke, bloke, broke, choke, cloak, Coke, convoke, evoke, folk, invoke, joke, Koch, moke, oak, okey-doke, poke, provoke, revoke, roque, smoke, soak, soke, spoke, stoke, stony-broke (US stone-broke), stroke, toke, toque, woke, yoke, yolk

Definition of croak in US English:

croak

nounkroʊkkrōk

1A deep hoarse sound made by a frog or a crow.
（青蛙或乌鸦的）呱呱叫声
Example sentencesExamples
- The track ends with a nighttime snippet of what sounds like a frog pond - croaks, chirps, waterlogged crickets.
- My thoughts, however, stubbornly refused to cling to the issue and when a hoarse croak broke loose from high above me, I started violently.
- Frogs have filled the night with croaks, yaps, grunts, chirps, trills, and warbles since the Age of Dinosaurs.
- Then Corith's frog gave a croak and shot up pink gas from its purple spots that smelled faintly of cherry coke.
- She finally reached a point where she could hear the voices over the sounds of the crickets and the croaks of frogs.
- ‘The guttural comment’ is the croak of the frog who is indignant at the trespass.
- She doesn't remember the very first day the nightingale's song metamorphosed into a crow's croak.
- In some places it is primeval and wet, where streaky barked eucalyptus strive upwards through dripping mists alive with frog croaks.
- In the middle of war, it was a respite - the still of another desert evening, framed by the croak of frogs in the irrigation ditches, the snores of Marines all around me.
- The auditorium was filled with barks, meows, quacks, clucks, hisses and croaks as more then 50 animals were judged on their sweetness, uniqueness, tricks, costumes, behaviour and appearance.
- Keithran called out over the croaks of frogs, ‘Do we have to go this way?’
- In general, vocalizations are varied and include: trumpeting, whistles, twitters, honks, barks, grunts, quacks, croaks and growls.
- Males are characterized by louder grunts, croaks or barks.
- The lands beyond are filled with a chorus of bleats and croaks and barks.
- As the man says: ‘There's only so many bumps on a log, so many grunts in a hog, so many croaks in a frog… ‘Food for thought, indeed.’
- When one frog calls, the others immediately join it in a concert of quacks and croaks.
- The noise was like the croak of a frog mixed with English.
- Crickets sang in stereo and a distant croak of a frog interrupted the hum.
- Their voices have the drunken croak and rumble of old crows.
- It was the low rattling croak of crows hanging over us.
Synonyms
rasp, wheeze, gasp, bark, hack, cough
1. 1.1 A deep hoarse sound resembling that of a frog or crow, especially one made by a person.
  （尤指人发出的）低沉而沙哑的声音
  Lorton tried to laugh—it came out as a croak
  洛顿想笑——但发出的却是一种低沉而沙哑的声音。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Her alien croaks and gurgles emanate from deep within her barely moving throat.
  My hoarse croak was in complete odds with her, happy, sedated voice.
  She tried to yell at him, but her voice came out sounding more like a croak.
  A second croak tore like a whip-lash through the silent forest.
  He was tired, his shoulder muscles have wasted, his clothes hung off him, the once great sonic boom of voice was reduced to a croak, but the legendary wit and warmth were still intact.
  Her voice sounded like a deafened croak as she crouched by the girl's side.
  He winced as if the words were somehow painful, and when he spoke, it was in a hoarse croak.
  Her eyes widened and she wanted to scream, but her throat was suddenly dry and only a hoarse croak escaped her throat.
  Having only a croak of a voice, I managed to screech out one chorus but apart from that was blessedly relieved from the pressure to sing.
  Seventy-one years old and his nicotine-clogged croaks still make his legions of fans want to jiggle the old pelvis.
  When the voice spoke, it was a hoarse croak, thunderous and deep.
  I'm less impressed with the recent work, which is mostly a stony croak over monotonal and mostly inert melodies, but it's not all bad.
  My throat was so sore that it must have sounded more like a croak.
  I tried to sound in control and normal but all I could manage were hoarse croaks.
  Even when illness had shackled him to a wheelchair and reduced his voice to a croak, he never hid from his fellow man.
  He heard a hoarse croak and turned to his side.
  Much to my dismay, my voice sounded like a croak when I said, ‘Hi Alli.’
  His voice gave out on the final syllable, his distressed croak fading abruptly into an almost inaudible squeak.
  ‘I told you he would come,’ the croak of a voice sounded from behind her.
  The question came as a hoarse croak from the corner.

verbkroʊkkrōk

[no object]

1(of a frog or crow) make a characteristic deep hoarse sound.
（青蛙，乌鸦）呱呱叫
Example sentencesExamples
- The frogs croaked a jovial tune; the flowers smelled perfect.
- Decades of spraying pesticides, herbicides, and fungicides had made sure that not even a frog croaks on a rainy night here.
- She could also hear the frogs croaking on the nearby pond.
- The open window let in the sound of evening frogs croaking in the nearby swamp.
- You know, if you say it enough times, it starts to sound like a frog croaking.
- There was always some sound to be heard; the chirping of crickets, bird songs, bullfrogs croaking, and the crunching of leaves and pine needles underfoot.
- On Brookfair, the nights were so clear and silent that you could hear the crickets chirping and every frog and toad croaking for their mates and you could hear cranes whooping and ducks going to sleep.
- Ravens croak replies to the squeaks and cries of marmot and pika.
- The crickets chirped and the frogs croaked off in the trees.
- Well, as peaceful as possible with a frog croaking nineteen to the dozen in the background, anyway.
- Frogs and toads croak out a strange mating ritual in a concrete drainage ditch.
- ‘The frogs are croaking,’ reports my friend who lives out in the country.
- Most of these sequences are dialog-free with nature sounds - birds tweeting, frogs croaking - overlaid for that vital au naturel feel.
- Frogs croaked at intervals, and other night creatures scurried over the leaves.
- Not too far ahead she could hear the sound of running water, and frogs croaking loudly in many different tones.
- The frogs croaking in the lake were loud enough to drown out the performers.
- Two years later, using wide-band recording equipment, Feng and his colleagues discovered that the frogs were also croaking in ultrasound - sound vibrations beyond the limit of human hearing.
- She produced a gorgeous tone on the lowest strings of her viola, in that dangerous zone on the modern instrument in which the viola can sound like a frog croaking.
- A toad croaked in the distance breaking the eerie silence that haunted the halls of trees and earth.
- Frogs croaked in the ditches; cicadas shrilled in the fields.
1. 1.1 (of a person) make a deep hoarse sound when speaking or laughing.
  （人在说话或大笑时）发出低沉而沙哑的声音
  “Thank you,” I croaked
  “谢谢”，我用低沉而沙哑的声音说。
  Example sentencesExamples
  ‘My name is Sarah,’ she had croaked and then her eyes were closed again.
  ‘I've got a cold, I feel terrible,’ he reluctantly croaked.
  ‘Yeah,’ Michael croaked, finding his voice at last, ‘I'm Michael.’
  ‘I-I'm fine,’ Arika croaked, finally finding her voice.
  Trying to speak once more she finally managed to croak out, ‘Are you hurt?’
  He struggled to find words, stuttered a few times, and finally managed to croak, ‘What?’
  ‘Stop,’ the man croaked, holding up his hands in supplication.
  ‘Alaster has been sighted, sir,’ he finally croaked.
  Her brother croaked as he forced the words from his drying lips.
  Disgruntled, for he'd been dozing, Scott croaked, ‘Seen what?’
  Laura finally managed to croak out a question, ‘What time is it?’
  ‘Stop it,’ Nicky croaked in a break from vomiting.
  Aresanjura laughed, a harsh croaking sound like the death rattle from a blood-choked throat.
  ‘I have brain cancer,’ Andy croaked, very bluntly.
  Tell me everything you know,’ Crystal finally croaked out.
  The President croaked a response as he wrote out an executive order.
  After a few moments of staring into his eyes, I finally managed to croak out, ‘Yeah… that's exactly what Aiden's like.’
  Office etiquette nevertheless dictates that you must still croak down the phone when you ring in sick.
  She croaked out her last laugh and then began coughing again into her rags.
  Byron found his mouth gummy and dry, and he barely croaked out a reply.
  Synonyms
  rasp, squawk, caw, crow, wheeze, gasp, choke, hack, hawk, bark, cough
2. 1.2archaic Prophesy evil or misfortune, especially unjustifiably and to the irritation of others.
  〈古〉（尤指无理地和使人气愤地）预言罪恶（或不幸）
  without croaking, it may be observed that our government is upon a dangerous experiment
  不是我出言不逊，但看得出来我们的政府正在进行一种危险的试验。
2informal Die.
〈非正式〉死
the dog finally croaked in 1987
那条狗终于在1987年死掉了。
Example sentencesExamples
- And as the legendary Norwegian Blue Parrot, they are no more, deceased, kicked the bucket, expired, pushing up daisies, croaked, snuffed-it ex-blogs.
- There are few obituaries more heartfelt than the one HST wrote for Rolling Stone when Nixon finally croaked.
- That means the husband probably croaked, and she still can't get over it.
- It took 'em 10 years to finally croak.
- I'm not in any way a Royalist, but I did feel like a right berk when I told others in the office that she's croaked, prior to looking in the content of the article.
- I'm not certain that I can, but if nothing else, I will now be bombarded with headhunters until the day I croak my last.
- I figured the remote's batteries had croaked mid-click.
- If all these people croak in 2005, I'm going to be annoyed.
- And I'm sure glad you're back cause Mac would have been so annoyed if you'd croaked.
- Whats more, one of my own favorite kitty cats, beloved and doted on as only a favorite kitty cat can be, recently croaked… I mean passed beyond!
- And all that the note told me of was that my great-aunt was ill and my parents didn't know where I was at the time, so they drove off to Wisconsin to go visit her, before she perhaps croaked.
- Every director knows that someone could croak during production, and no one gives it any thought.
- After Henry croaked, Katherine dropped the prim and proper act and married Thomas Seymour.
- Alexander croaked in his early thirties, I seem to remember.
- Don't worry I'll say nice things at your funeral when you finally croak from all the stress.
- He croaked a year later.
- Of course, annual species, like geraniums and impatiens, are supposed to croak every year after dropping their seeds.
- Now he's croaked, maybe someone can pass a couple of boxes my way.
- He said that trains are going quite slowly when they enter the station, so people often take a long time to croak and are sometimes still alive when he arrives.
- Not because you won't drop weight, but because you'll croak if you eat if after you lose weight.
Synonyms
die, pass away, pass on, lose one's life, depart this life, 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
1. 2.1with object Kill (someone)
  杀死（某人）
  Scissors Haggerty's mob croaked two messengers
  Example sentencesExamples
  I'll make sure the people who are won't get croaked and that's about it.
  Synonyms
  murder, cause the death of, end the life of, take the life of, do away with, make away with, assassinate, do to death, eliminate, terminate, dispatch, finish off, put to death, execute

Origin

Middle English (as a verb): imitative.

词汇	croak
释义	Definition of croak in English: croak noun krəʊkkroʊk 1A characteristic deep hoarse sound made by a frog or a crow. （青蛙或乌鸦的）呱呱叫声 a female frog can pick out a mate's voice from a cacophony of croaks Example sentencesExamples In the middle of war, it was a respite - the still of another desert evening, framed by the croak of frogs in the irrigation ditches, the snores of Marines all around me. She finally reached a point where she could hear the voices over the sounds of the crickets and the croaks of frogs. As the man says: ‘There's only so many bumps on a log, so many grunts in a hog, so many croaks in a frog… ‘Food for thought, indeed.’ In general, vocalizations are varied and include: trumpeting, whistles, twitters, honks, barks, grunts, quacks, croaks and growls. ‘The guttural comment’ is the croak of the frog who is indignant at the trespass. When one frog calls, the others immediately join it in a concert of quacks and croaks. My thoughts, however, stubbornly refused to cling to the issue and when a hoarse croak broke loose from high above me, I started violently. It was the low rattling croak of crows hanging over us. Keithran called out over the croaks of frogs, ‘Do we have to go this way?’ Crickets sang in stereo and a distant croak of a frog interrupted the hum. She doesn't remember the very first day the nightingale's song metamorphosed into a crow's croak. In some places it is primeval and wet, where streaky barked eucalyptus strive upwards through dripping mists alive with frog croaks. The auditorium was filled with barks, meows, quacks, clucks, hisses and croaks as more then 50 animals were judged on their sweetness, uniqueness, tricks, costumes, behaviour and appearance. The lands beyond are filled with a chorus of bleats and croaks and barks. Frogs have filled the night with croaks, yaps, grunts, chirps, trills, and warbles since the Age of Dinosaurs. Then Corith's frog gave a croak and shot up pink gas from its purple spots that smelled faintly of cherry coke. The track ends with a nighttime snippet of what sounds like a frog pond - croaks, chirps, waterlogged crickets. Males are characterized by louder grunts, croaks or barks. Their voices have the drunken croak and rumble of old crows. The noise was like the croak of a frog mixed with English. Synonyms rasp, wheeze, gasp, bark, hack, cough caw, squawk, cackle, clack, cluck 1.1 A sound resembling a croak. Lorton tried to laugh—it came out as a croak 洛顿想笑——但发出的却是一种低沉而沙哑的声音。 Example sentencesExamples She tried to yell at him, but her voice came out sounding more like a croak. He was tired, his shoulder muscles have wasted, his clothes hung off him, the once great sonic boom of voice was reduced to a croak, but the legendary wit and warmth were still intact. When the voice spoke, it was a hoarse croak, thunderous and deep. I'm less impressed with the recent work, which is mostly a stony croak over monotonal and mostly inert melodies, but it's not all bad. Her alien croaks and gurgles emanate from deep within her barely moving throat. He heard a hoarse croak and turned to his side. Having only a croak of a voice, I managed to screech out one chorus but apart from that was blessedly relieved from the pressure to sing. Even when illness had shackled him to a wheelchair and reduced his voice to a croak, he never hid from his fellow man. ‘I told you he would come,’ the croak of a voice sounded from behind her. He winced as if the words were somehow painful, and when he spoke, it was in a hoarse croak. Her voice sounded like a deafened croak as she crouched by the girl's side. A second croak tore like a whip-lash through the silent forest. I tried to sound in control and normal but all I could manage were hoarse croaks. Her eyes widened and she wanted to scream, but her throat was suddenly dry and only a hoarse croak escaped her throat. The question came as a hoarse croak from the corner. My hoarse croak was in complete odds with her, happy, sedated voice. Seventy-one years old and his nicotine-clogged croaks still make his legions of fans want to jiggle the old pelvis. His voice gave out on the final syllable, his distressed croak fading abruptly into an almost inaudible squeak. My throat was so sore that it must have sounded more like a croak. Much to my dismay, my voice sounded like a croak when I said, ‘Hi Alli.’ verb krəʊkkroʊk [no object] 1(of a frog or crow) make a characteristic deep hoarse sound. （青蛙，乌鸦）呱呱叫 the frogs settled in the shade, croaking happily Example sentencesExamples On Brookfair, the nights were so clear and silent that you could hear the crickets chirping and every frog and toad croaking for their mates and you could hear cranes whooping and ducks going to sleep. The frogs croaking in the lake were loud enough to drown out the performers. Frogs croaked in the ditches; cicadas shrilled in the fields. She could also hear the frogs croaking on the nearby pond. The frogs croaked a jovial tune; the flowers smelled perfect. She produced a gorgeous tone on the lowest strings of her viola, in that dangerous zone on the modern instrument in which the viola can sound like a frog croaking. There was always some sound to be heard; the chirping of crickets, bird songs, bullfrogs croaking, and the crunching of leaves and pine needles underfoot. Decades of spraying pesticides, herbicides, and fungicides had made sure that not even a frog croaks on a rainy night here. Well, as peaceful as possible with a frog croaking nineteen to the dozen in the background, anyway. Frogs croaked at intervals, and other night creatures scurried over the leaves. Two years later, using wide-band recording equipment, Feng and his colleagues discovered that the frogs were also croaking in ultrasound - sound vibrations beyond the limit of human hearing. Ravens croak replies to the squeaks and cries of marmot and pika. The open window let in the sound of evening frogs croaking in the nearby swamp. You know, if you say it enough times, it starts to sound like a frog croaking. A toad croaked in the distance breaking the eerie silence that haunted the halls of trees and earth. ‘The frogs are croaking,’ reports my friend who lives out in the country. Most of these sequences are dialog-free with nature sounds - birds tweeting, frogs croaking - overlaid for that vital au naturel feel. Frogs and toads croak out a strange mating ritual in a concrete drainage ditch. Not too far ahead she could hear the sound of running water, and frogs croaking loudly in many different tones. The crickets chirped and the frogs croaked off in the trees. 1.1 (of a person) make a sound similar to a croak when speaking or laughing. （人在说话或大笑时）发出低沉而沙哑的声音 with direct speech ‘Thank you,’ I croaked Example sentencesExamples ‘Yeah,’ Michael croaked, finding his voice at last, ‘I'm Michael.’ Office etiquette nevertheless dictates that you must still croak down the phone when you ring in sick. He struggled to find words, stuttered a few times, and finally managed to croak, ‘What?’ ‘I've got a cold, I feel terrible,’ he reluctantly croaked. After a few moments of staring into his eyes, I finally managed to croak out, ‘Yeah… that's exactly what Aiden's like.’ ‘Stop it,’ Nicky croaked in a break from vomiting. Byron found his mouth gummy and dry, and he barely croaked out a reply. Her brother croaked as he forced the words from his drying lips. The President croaked a response as he wrote out an executive order. ‘I have brain cancer,’ Andy croaked, very bluntly. ‘Stop,’ the man croaked, holding up his hands in supplication. ‘I-I'm fine,’ Arika croaked, finally finding her voice. Aresanjura laughed, a harsh croaking sound like the death rattle from a blood-choked throat. Tell me everything you know,’ Crystal finally croaked out. She croaked out her last laugh and then began coughing again into her rags. Laura finally managed to croak out a question, ‘What time is it?’ ‘My name is Sarah,’ she had croaked and then her eyes were closed again. ‘Alaster has been sighted, sir,’ he finally croaked. Trying to speak once more she finally managed to croak out, ‘Are you hurt?’ Disgruntled, for he'd been dozing, Scott croaked, ‘Seen what?’ Synonyms rasp, squawk, caw, crow, wheeze, gasp, choke, hack, hawk, bark, cough speak hoarsely, speak huskily, speak throatily, speak harshly, speak thickly 1.2archaic Prophesy evil or misfortune, especially unjustifiably and to the irritation of others. 〈古〉（尤指无理地和使人气愤地）预言罪恶（或不幸） without croaking, it may be observed that our government is upon a dangerous experiment 不是我出言不逊，但看得出来我们的政府正在进行一种危险的试验。 2informal Die. 〈非正式〉死 the dog finally croaked in 1987 那条狗终于在1987年死掉了。 Example sentencesExamples I figured the remote's batteries had croaked mid-click. Whats more, one of my own favorite kitty cats, beloved and doted on as only a favorite kitty cat can be, recently croaked… I mean passed beyond! I'm not in any way a Royalist, but I did feel like a right berk when I told others in the office that she's croaked, prior to looking in the content of the article. And as the legendary Norwegian Blue Parrot, they are no more, deceased, kicked the bucket, expired, pushing up daisies, croaked, snuffed-it ex-blogs. There are few obituaries more heartfelt than the one HST wrote for Rolling Stone when Nixon finally croaked. I'm not certain that I can, but if nothing else, I will now be bombarded with headhunters until the day I croak my last. Of course, annual species, like geraniums and impatiens, are supposed to croak every year after dropping their seeds. After Henry croaked, Katherine dropped the prim and proper act and married Thomas Seymour. He said that trains are going quite slowly when they enter the station, so people often take a long time to croak and are sometimes still alive when he arrives. Now he's croaked, maybe someone can pass a couple of boxes my way. Alexander croaked in his early thirties, I seem to remember. And I'm sure glad you're back cause Mac would have been so annoyed if you'd croaked. He croaked a year later. And all that the note told me of was that my great-aunt was ill and my parents didn't know where I was at the time, so they drove off to Wisconsin to go visit her, before she perhaps croaked. Not because you won't drop weight, but because you'll croak if you eat if after you lose weight. If all these people croak in 2005, I'm going to be annoyed. Every director knows that someone could croak during production, and no one gives it any thought. Don't worry I'll say nice things at your funeral when you finally croak from all the stress. It took 'em 10 years to finally croak. That means the husband probably croaked, and she still can't get over it. Synonyms die, pass away, pass on, lose one's life, depart this life, 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 2.1with object Kill (someone) 杀死（某人） there are a few people down there who'd like to croak him Example sentencesExamples I'll make sure the people who are won't get croaked and that's about it. Synonyms murder, cause the death of, end the life of, take the life of, do away with, make away with, assassinate, do to death, eliminate, terminate, dispatch, finish off, put to death, execute Origin Middle English (as a verb): imitative. Rhymes awoke, bespoke, bloke, broke, choke, cloak, Coke, convoke, evoke, folk, invoke, joke, Koch, moke, oak, okey-doke, poke, provoke, revoke, roque, smoke, soak, soke, spoke, stoke, stony-broke (US stone-broke), stroke, toke, toque, woke, yoke, yolk Definition of croak in US English: croak nounkroʊkkrōk 1A deep hoarse sound made by a frog or a crow. （青蛙或乌鸦的）呱呱叫声 Example sentencesExamples The track ends with a nighttime snippet of what sounds like a frog pond - croaks, chirps, waterlogged crickets. My thoughts, however, stubbornly refused to cling to the issue and when a hoarse croak broke loose from high above me, I started violently. Frogs have filled the night with croaks, yaps, grunts, chirps, trills, and warbles since the Age of Dinosaurs. Then Corith's frog gave a croak and shot up pink gas from its purple spots that smelled faintly of cherry coke. She finally reached a point where she could hear the voices over the sounds of the crickets and the croaks of frogs. ‘The guttural comment’ is the croak of the frog who is indignant at the trespass. She doesn't remember the very first day the nightingale's song metamorphosed into a crow's croak. In some places it is primeval and wet, where streaky barked eucalyptus strive upwards through dripping mists alive with frog croaks. In the middle of war, it was a respite - the still of another desert evening, framed by the croak of frogs in the irrigation ditches, the snores of Marines all around me. The auditorium was filled with barks, meows, quacks, clucks, hisses and croaks as more then 50 animals were judged on their sweetness, uniqueness, tricks, costumes, behaviour and appearance. Keithran called out over the croaks of frogs, ‘Do we have to go this way?’ In general, vocalizations are varied and include: trumpeting, whistles, twitters, honks, barks, grunts, quacks, croaks and growls. Males are characterized by louder grunts, croaks or barks. The lands beyond are filled with a chorus of bleats and croaks and barks. As the man says: ‘There's only so many bumps on a log, so many grunts in a hog, so many croaks in a frog… ‘Food for thought, indeed.’ When one frog calls, the others immediately join it in a concert of quacks and croaks. The noise was like the croak of a frog mixed with English. Crickets sang in stereo and a distant croak of a frog interrupted the hum. Their voices have the drunken croak and rumble of old crows. It was the low rattling croak of crows hanging over us. Synonyms rasp, wheeze, gasp, bark, hack, cough 1.1 A deep hoarse sound resembling that of a frog or crow, especially one made by a person. （尤指人发出的）低沉而沙哑的声音 Lorton tried to laugh—it came out as a croak 洛顿想笑——但发出的却是一种低沉而沙哑的声音。 Example sentencesExamples Her alien croaks and gurgles emanate from deep within her barely moving throat. My hoarse croak was in complete odds with her, happy, sedated voice. She tried to yell at him, but her voice came out sounding more like a croak. A second croak tore like a whip-lash through the silent forest. He was tired, his shoulder muscles have wasted, his clothes hung off him, the once great sonic boom of voice was reduced to a croak, but the legendary wit and warmth were still intact. Her voice sounded like a deafened croak as she crouched by the girl's side. He winced as if the words were somehow painful, and when he spoke, it was in a hoarse croak. Her eyes widened and she wanted to scream, but her throat was suddenly dry and only a hoarse croak escaped her throat. Having only a croak of a voice, I managed to screech out one chorus but apart from that was blessedly relieved from the pressure to sing. Seventy-one years old and his nicotine-clogged croaks still make his legions of fans want to jiggle the old pelvis. When the voice spoke, it was a hoarse croak, thunderous and deep. I'm less impressed with the recent work, which is mostly a stony croak over monotonal and mostly inert melodies, but it's not all bad. My throat was so sore that it must have sounded more like a croak. I tried to sound in control and normal but all I could manage were hoarse croaks. Even when illness had shackled him to a wheelchair and reduced his voice to a croak, he never hid from his fellow man. He heard a hoarse croak and turned to his side. Much to my dismay, my voice sounded like a croak when I said, ‘Hi Alli.’ His voice gave out on the final syllable, his distressed croak fading abruptly into an almost inaudible squeak. ‘I told you he would come,’ the croak of a voice sounded from behind her. The question came as a hoarse croak from the corner. verbkroʊkkrōk [no object] 1(of a frog or crow) make a characteristic deep hoarse sound. （青蛙，乌鸦）呱呱叫 Example sentencesExamples The frogs croaked a jovial tune; the flowers smelled perfect. Decades of spraying pesticides, herbicides, and fungicides had made sure that not even a frog croaks on a rainy night here. She could also hear the frogs croaking on the nearby pond. The open window let in the sound of evening frogs croaking in the nearby swamp. You know, if you say it enough times, it starts to sound like a frog croaking. There was always some sound to be heard; the chirping of crickets, bird songs, bullfrogs croaking, and the crunching of leaves and pine needles underfoot. On Brookfair, the nights were so clear and silent that you could hear the crickets chirping and every frog and toad croaking for their mates and you could hear cranes whooping and ducks going to sleep. Ravens croak replies to the squeaks and cries of marmot and pika. The crickets chirped and the frogs croaked off in the trees. Well, as peaceful as possible with a frog croaking nineteen to the dozen in the background, anyway. Frogs and toads croak out a strange mating ritual in a concrete drainage ditch. ‘The frogs are croaking,’ reports my friend who lives out in the country. Most of these sequences are dialog-free with nature sounds - birds tweeting, frogs croaking - overlaid for that vital au naturel feel. Frogs croaked at intervals, and other night creatures scurried over the leaves. Not too far ahead she could hear the sound of running water, and frogs croaking loudly in many different tones. The frogs croaking in the lake were loud enough to drown out the performers. Two years later, using wide-band recording equipment, Feng and his colleagues discovered that the frogs were also croaking in ultrasound - sound vibrations beyond the limit of human hearing. She produced a gorgeous tone on the lowest strings of her viola, in that dangerous zone on the modern instrument in which the viola can sound like a frog croaking. A toad croaked in the distance breaking the eerie silence that haunted the halls of trees and earth. Frogs croaked in the ditches; cicadas shrilled in the fields. 1.1 (of a person) make a deep hoarse sound when speaking or laughing. （人在说话或大笑时）发出低沉而沙哑的声音 “Thank you,” I croaked “谢谢”，我用低沉而沙哑的声音说。 Example sentencesExamples ‘My name is Sarah,’ she had croaked and then her eyes were closed again. ‘I've got a cold, I feel terrible,’ he reluctantly croaked. ‘Yeah,’ Michael croaked, finding his voice at last, ‘I'm Michael.’ ‘I-I'm fine,’ Arika croaked, finally finding her voice. Trying to speak once more she finally managed to croak out, ‘Are you hurt?’ He struggled to find words, stuttered a few times, and finally managed to croak, ‘What?’ ‘Stop,’ the man croaked, holding up his hands in supplication. ‘Alaster has been sighted, sir,’ he finally croaked. Her brother croaked as he forced the words from his drying lips. Disgruntled, for he'd been dozing, Scott croaked, ‘Seen what?’ Laura finally managed to croak out a question, ‘What time is it?’ ‘Stop it,’ Nicky croaked in a break from vomiting. Aresanjura laughed, a harsh croaking sound like the death rattle from a blood-choked throat. ‘I have brain cancer,’ Andy croaked, very bluntly. Tell me everything you know,’ Crystal finally croaked out. The President croaked a response as he wrote out an executive order. After a few moments of staring into his eyes, I finally managed to croak out, ‘Yeah… that's exactly what Aiden's like.’ Office etiquette nevertheless dictates that you must still croak down the phone when you ring in sick. She croaked out her last laugh and then began coughing again into her rags. Byron found his mouth gummy and dry, and he barely croaked out a reply. Synonyms rasp, squawk, caw, crow, wheeze, gasp, choke, hack, hawk, bark, cough 1.2archaic Prophesy evil or misfortune, especially unjustifiably and to the irritation of others. 〈古〉（尤指无理地和使人气愤地）预言罪恶（或不幸） without croaking, it may be observed that our government is upon a dangerous experiment 不是我出言不逊，但看得出来我们的政府正在进行一种危险的试验。 2informal Die. 〈非正式〉死 the dog finally croaked in 1987 那条狗终于在1987年死掉了。 Example sentencesExamples And as the legendary Norwegian Blue Parrot, they are no more, deceased, kicked the bucket, expired, pushing up daisies, croaked, snuffed-it ex-blogs. There are few obituaries more heartfelt than the one HST wrote for Rolling Stone when Nixon finally croaked. That means the husband probably croaked, and she still can't get over it. It took 'em 10 years to finally croak. I'm not in any way a Royalist, but I did feel like a right berk when I told others in the office that she's croaked, prior to looking in the content of the article. I'm not certain that I can, but if nothing else, I will now be bombarded with headhunters until the day I croak my last. I figured the remote's batteries had croaked mid-click. If all these people croak in 2005, I'm going to be annoyed. And I'm sure glad you're back cause Mac would have been so annoyed if you'd croaked. Whats more, one of my own favorite kitty cats, beloved and doted on as only a favorite kitty cat can be, recently croaked… I mean passed beyond! And all that the note told me of was that my great-aunt was ill and my parents didn't know where I was at the time, so they drove off to Wisconsin to go visit her, before she perhaps croaked. Every director knows that someone could croak during production, and no one gives it any thought. After Henry croaked, Katherine dropped the prim and proper act and married Thomas Seymour. Alexander croaked in his early thirties, I seem to remember. Don't worry I'll say nice things at your funeral when you finally croak from all the stress. He croaked a year later. Of course, annual species, like geraniums and impatiens, are supposed to croak every year after dropping their seeds. Now he's croaked, maybe someone can pass a couple of boxes my way. He said that trains are going quite slowly when they enter the station, so people often take a long time to croak and are sometimes still alive when he arrives. Not because you won't drop weight, but because you'll croak if you eat if after you lose weight. Synonyms die, pass away, pass on, lose one's life, depart this life, 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 2.1with object Kill (someone) 杀死（某人） Scissors Haggerty's mob croaked two messengers Example sentencesExamples I'll make sure the people who are won't get croaked and that's about it. Synonyms murder, cause the death of, end the life of, take the life of, do away with, make away with, assassinate, do to death, eliminate, terminate, dispatch, finish off, put to death, execute Origin Middle English (as a verb): imitative.
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