I was woken up by cats yowling outside my window. 我被猫儿在窗外的叫春吵醒了。
The yowling sound made by a cat in heat. 猫在发情期发出的刺耳叫声。
Sounds drifted up from the square below: snatches of drunken song, the yowling of a cat in heat, the far-off ring of steel on steel. 传来下面广场的声音:一阵醉酒般的歌声,烫了尾巴的猫叫,远处的金铁交鸣声。