shrill
shrill 英 [ʃrɪl] 美 [ʃrɪl]
adj. 尖锐的;刺耳的 adv. 尖锐地 vi. 尖声喊叫
进行时:shrilling 过去式:shrilled 过去分词:shrilled 第三人称单数:shrills 比较级:shriller 最高级:shrillest
- A shrill sound is high pitched and sharp, like the squeak of the mouse in your cupboard or the sound of your “eek” when you hear it.
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- adj. 尖锐的;刺耳的
- adv. 尖锐地
- vi. 尖声喊叫
- vt. 尖声喊出
- n. 尖叫声
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1. The argument has gotten so shrill and divisive that I am bored by it.
这场争论变得如此尖锐和两极分化,已经让我感到不耐烦了。
- shrill (adj.) late 14c., schrylle "high-pitched, piercing" (of the voice), probably related to Old English scralletan "to sound loudly" and of imitative origin (compare Low German schrell, German schrill "piercing, shrill"). Related: Shrillness; shrilly (adv.).
- shrill (v.) "to sound shrilly," c. 1300, imitative (see shrill (adj.). Related: Shrilled; shrilling.
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