caterwaul
英 [ˈkætəwɔːl]
美 [ˈkætərwɔːl]
v. (猫)号叫
现在分词:caterwauling复数:caterwauls过去式:caterwauled第三人称单数:caterwauls过去分词:caterwauled
COCA.40631
牛津词典
verb
- (猫)号叫
to make the loud unpleasant noise that is typical of a cat
柯林斯词典
- VERB (如猫一般)尖声怪叫,号叫
If a person or animal caterwauls, they make a loud, high, unpleasant noise like the noise that cats make when they fight.
- ...shrieking and caterwauling in mock distress.
故作悲伤地尖叫 - Caterwaul is also a noun.
- ...blood-curdling caterwauls.
令人毛骨悚然的尖叫
双语例句
- A raucous cry is a "caterwaul".
沙哑的叫声被说成是“猫叫”;
- We were woken by a high, snarling caterwaul, a sort of screaming wail.
我们被一声尖厉的叫声惊醒,那是一种尖声的嚎叫。
英英释义
noun
- the yowling sound made by a cat in heat
verb
- utter shrieks, as of cats
Synonym: yowl