0 to make a quiet, continuous, soft sound -- 發出平穩低沉的聲音
We could hear the sound of a lawnmower purring in the back garden. 我們能聽到後院割草機的震顫聲。
A black limousine purred up (= drove up making a quiet, continuous, soft sound) outside the hotel. 旅館外面，一輛黑色豪華轎車嗚地駛過來。
[ + speech ] "I love it when you stroke my back," she purred (= said with pleasure). 「我喜歡你撫摸我的背，」她滿意地哼著說。
1 a purring noise -- 咕嚕聲，嗚嗚聲
If we stroke the cat one way, it purrs, and if we stroke it the other way it growls.
Cougars sometimes voice low-pitched hisses, growls, and purrs, as well as chirps and whistles, many of which are comparable to those of domestic cats.
Her voice moans, purrs, splutters; she gesticulates with her eyes, almost shouts with her hair.
She doesn't so much steal the movie as borrow it for extended periods and return it with the motor purring.
In a follow-up study of purring in four adult cheetahs, found that egressive phases were longer than ingressive phases in four cheetahs.
When a cat purrs, the signal constitutes direct evidence of the animal's contented state.
Dignified trams are smoothly purring in between them, contrary to the cumbersome wooden carts on two high wheels, drawn by oxen.
Other calls include a loud, screeching alarm call and a soft, purring call uttered to young chicks.
