Purr

(noun.) a low vibrating sound typical of a contented cat.

(verb.) indicate pleasure by purring; characteristic of cats.

汉密尔顿校对

• Her empty bed, her idle ball, Will never see her more; No gentle tap, no loving purr Is heard at the parlor door. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• A fat gray cat with a tail that lifted like a plume crossed the floor to our table and curved against my leg to purr each time she rubbed. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• She commenced calling in a low singsong voice that was half purr. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• I know somebody to whose knee that black cat loves to climb, against whose shoulder and cheek it likes to purr. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• I was sure that you would see it in that light, he purred. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• I should think none but disagreeable people do, said Celia, in her usual purring way. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.

布雷特整理