caterwaul
caterwaul 英 [ˈkætəwɔ:l] 美 [ˈkætərwɔl]
vi. 叫春；发出猫叫春的声音；发出尖锐的声音 n. 猫叫春声；像猫叫春的声音
进行时:caterwauling 过去式:caterwauled 过去分词:caterwauled 第三人称单数:caterwauls 名词复数:caterwauls
- A caterwaul is a yowl, shriek, or loud cry. If you've ever heard two cats fighting, you know what a caterwaul sounds like.
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- vi. 叫春；发出猫叫春的声音；发出尖锐的声音
- n. 猫叫春声；像猫叫春的声音
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1. A raucous cry is a "caterwaul".
沙哑的叫声被说成是“猫叫”；
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2. Lucy had to speak louder than normal so Gary could hear her over the wind's caterwaul.
露西用比平时更大的声音对盖里说道，好让他在狂风呼啸下也能听到。
- caterwaul (v.) "disagreeable howling or screeching," like that of a cat in heat, late 14c., caterwrawen, perhaps from Low German katerwaulen "cry like a cat," or formed in English from cater, from Middle Dutch cater "tomcat" + Middle English waul "to yowl," apparently from Old English *wrag, *wrah "angry," of uncertain origin but somehow imitative. Related: Caterwauled; caterwauling. As a noun from 1708.
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