超级简单英语阅读:Circus Clowns

She went to the circus with her parents. She was excited. She had never been to a circus. There were many clowns at the circus. She liked the clowns. They had funny faces. They had big, red noses. They wore funny hats. They wore big shoes. Their shoes were much bigger than her dad’s shoes. They were twice as big as her dad’s shoes. The clowns had loud horns. They honked² their horns at each other. They didn’t talk. They used their horns to talk. Honk¹, honk! She laughed at the clowns. They were so funny. They made her laugh. She told her dad, “Daddy, guess what? When I grow up, I’m going to be a clown!”

 

1 honk   

n.雁叫声，汽车喇叭声

参考例句：

• Don't honk the horn indiscriminately.不要乱鸣喇叭！
• While passing another vehicle,you must honk your horn.通过另一部车时必须鸣按喇叭。

2 honked   

v.（使）发出雁叫似的声音，鸣（喇叭），按（喇叭）( honk的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• I drove up in front of the house and honked. 我将车开到屋子前面然后按喇叭。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• He honked his horn as he went past. 他经过时按响了汽车喇叭。 来自《简明英汉词典》