单词 | shrieker |
释义 | shriekern. a. One who shrieks or utters a shriek. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [noun] > scream or shriek > person wrawlerc1440 screaker1549 shreamer1573 screecher1585 squaller1688 shrieker1708 screamer1712 squealer1864 skriker1891 1708 J. Ozell tr. N. Boileau-Despréaux Lutrin 42 Fruitful of evil Fate the Schrieker cries. 1819 G. Crabbe Tales of Hall I. vii. 141 The shriekers lack a friend. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. i. vii. 72 To seize the first shriekers and ringleaders. 1882 American 5 135 The ‘revenue only’ shriekers. b. The black-tailed godwit, Limosa limosa. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > member of genus Limosa (godwit) > limosa limosa (black-tailed) yarwhelp1577 red godwit1768 shrieker1855 1855 F. O. Morris Hist. Brit. Birds IV. 233. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1708 |
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