Shriek



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.尖叫
• ［英］ v.尖叫 ( to utter a sharp shrill sound)
• ［记］ 参考: shrill ( 尖声的) , 都带有象声词色彩
• ［例］ the shriek of chalk on the blackboard ( 粉笔划过黑板的刺耳声)

Webster Collegiate

kI. verb

• Etymology: Middle English shreken, probably irregular from shriken to shriek; akin to Old Norse skr?kja to shriek
• Date: 15th century
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to utter a sharp shrill sound
  • 2.
    • a. to cry out in a high-pitched voice ; screech
    • b. to suggest such a cry (as by vividness of expression) <neon colors shrieked for attention — Calvin Tomkins>
• transitive verb
  • 1. to utter with a shriek <shriek an alarm>
  • 2. to express in a manner suggestive of a shriek

II. noun

• Date: 1567
• 1. a shrill usually wild or involuntary cry
• 2. a sound resembling a shriek <the shriek of chalk on the blackboard>

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