hee

IPA/ˈhiː.hɔː/
KK[hˈi]IPA/ˈhiː.hɑː/

hee — noun

  • heesingular
  • heesplural

1. the loud, rough cry of a donkey, often written down to copy the animal's call

1.名詞
釋義

the loud, rough cry of a donkey, often written down to copy the animal's call

例句

The old donkey let out a loud hee as Cyrus opened the barn gate.

collocation: let out a hee (animal sound as countable noun)

Every morning a sharp hee from the donkey woke Yasmin before sunrise.

hee as subject noun: a hee from [animal]

同義詞
  • bray

    the standard, more neutral word for a donkey's harsh cry; less playful than the imitative 'hee'

  • hee-haw

    the full written form of the bray, joining the high 'hee' and the low 'haw'

用法筆記

Usually appears as a single exclamation or paired with 'haw' to spell out a donkey's full bray ('hee-haw'). Treat it as an imitative noun rather than a technical animal-sound term.

常見錯誤

❌The cow gave a long hee in the field.
✅The donkey gave a long hee in the field.
💡'hee' names a donkey's call, not a cow's (a cow goes 'moo').