英语单词 | shriek |
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英美音标 | 英 [ʃriːk] 美 [ʃriːk] |
中文释义 | v.尖叫;叫喊 n.尖叫 |
英语例句 | (1) Her shriek was dulled by the loud crash of thunder. (2) Suddenly a new sound, a shrill, feminine shriek, was heard from the porch, and the cook ran into the vestibule. (3) Suddenly he began to shriek loudly. |
中文例句 | (1) 她的尖叫声在震耳的雷声中变得低沉了。 (2) 突然,另一声刺耳的女人的叫喊,从门廊传了过来,接着,厨娘跑进了客厅。 (3) 突然他开始大声尖叫起来。 |
vocabulary简明 | A high-pitched, piercing cry is a shriek. A common response to finding a snake curled in the silverware drawer would be to shriek. |
vocabulary扩展 | You can shriek in fear, surprise, or even shriek with laughter. If the sound you make is high, sharp, and loud, it's a shriek. A teenager who sees her favorite movie star might shriek, "Look who it is!" And, little kids in an inflatable bouncy house will very likely shriek with delight. The word shriek sounds very much like what it means, and its Old Norse root skrækja, "to screech," may have originated for that very reason. |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [VERB 动词](因惊讶或疼痛等)尖叫;尖声笑 When someone shrieks, they make a short, very loud cry, for example because they are suddenly surprised, are in pain, or are laughing. [V] [V
2 [VERB 动词]尖声说出;尖声喊出 If you shriek something, you shout it in a loud, high-pitched voice. [V with quote] [V n]
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