a deep hoarse sound made by a frog or a crow
（青蛙或乌鸦的）呱呱叫声。
a sound resembling this, especially one made by a person
（尤指人发出的）低沉而沙哑的声音
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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。
(of a frog or crow)make a characteristic deep hoarse sound
（青蛙，乌鸦）呱呱叫。
(of a person)make a similar sound when speaking or laughing
（人在说话或大笑时）发出低沉而沙哑的声音
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[with direct speech]
‘Thank you,’ I croaked .“谢谢”，我用低沉而沙哑的声音说。
〈古〉 （尤指无理地和使人气愤地）预言罪恶（或不幸）
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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。
〈非正式〉 死
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the dog finally croaked in 1987 .那条狗终于在１９８７年死掉了。
[with obj.]kill (someone)
杀死（某人）
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she got croaked by a killer sex pervert .她被一个嗜杀成性的性变态者杀害了。
" Middle English （as a verb）：imitative."