I never knew before how melodiously frogs can croak--there is a sweet guttural about some of these that I never heard in England: before going to bed, I remember particularly one amorous batrachian courting malgre sa maman regaled us with a lusciously deep rich croak, that served as a good accompaniment for the shrill whizzing sound of the cigales.英文原著 · 《Cambridge Pieces》
"Aw," said McGuire, looking intently at Raidler, with a peculiar expression upon his face, "the croaker said I was all right, did he? Said I was fakin', did he? You put him onto me. You t'ought I wasn't sick. You said I was a liar. Say, friend, I talked rough, I know, but I didn't mean most of it. If you felt like I did--aw! I forgot--I ain't sick, the croaker says.英文原著 · 《Heart of the West》
"It might be," said Bince. "You want them two new guys that are working in the office croaked, too?" asked Krovac. "I don't want anybody 'croaked', "replied Bince. "I didn't tell you to kill Torrance in the first place. I just said I didn't want him to come back here to work."
"Ah, hell, what you givin' us?" growled the other. "I knew what you meant and you knew what you meant, too. Come across straight. What do you want?"
"I want all the records of the certified public accountants who are working here," said Bince after a moment's pause.英文原著 · 《The Efficiency Expert》
Whom Defarge escorted to the top of the stairs, and, leaving seated there, returned. The three had risen, and their heads were together when he came back to the garret. `How say you, Jacques?' demanded Number One. `To be registered?'
`To be registered, as doomed to destruction,' returned Defarge. `Magnificent!' croaked the man with the craving. `The chateau and all the race?' inquired the first. `The chateau and all the race,' returned Defarge. `Extermination.'
The hungry man repeated, in a rapturous croak, `Magnificent!' and began gnawing another finger.英文原著 · 《A TALE OF TWO CITIES》
The man obeyed, and Defarge followed the light closely with his eyes. `Stop--Look here, Jacques!'
`A. M.!' croaked Jacques Three, as he read greedily. `Alexandre Manette,' said Defarge in his ear, following the letters with his swart forefinger, deeply engrained with gunpowder. `And here he wrote ``a poor physician.'' And it was he, without doubt, who scratched a calendar on this stone. What is that in your hand? A crowbar? Give it me!'
He had still the linstock of his gun in his own hand.英文原著 · 《A TALE OF TWO CITIES》
In fact, she almost already did, but the fucker croaked too soon.美剧 · 《Billions》
As a little girl, ritt was afraid of many things, so they would wait for her with rubber snakes and croaking frogs...美剧 · 《Desperate Housewives》