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单词 squealing
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squealingn.

Etymology: < squeal v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsquealing.
The action of the verb, in various senses.
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
squealingc1325
skriking1340
shrikingc1374
shritchingc1374
skrikea1400
blaringc1440
shritch1470
scritchinga1500
shrikea1500
screak1513
skirl1513
wauling1533
wrawling1533
screamingc1540
scritch1548
skreighc1550
shright1558
screech1560
screaking1565
screeching1589
shriek1590
shrill1591
shirl1598
shrieking1602
screama1616
squalling1677
squall1709
squeal1747
skelloch1808
skreighing1816
skirling1820
sharming1823
shriekery1865
squee1938
c1325 Metr. Hom. 167 For quen the childe es born, sal I Do it of daw sa priuely, That na wiht sal the squeling here.
a1400–50 Alexander 4112 For with þe sweling of þe swyne we sall þaim all voide.
1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice ii. v. 30 The vile squealing of the wry-neckt Fiffe. View more context for this quotation
c1680 in F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (1907) II. 321 There was fine squeeking and squeeling for a minute or two.
1791 G. Huddesford Salmagundi 123 Upon a trestle Pig was laid And a sad squealing sure It made.
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. ii. ii. 49 The cries, the squealings of children, of infirm persons, and other assistants.
1878 W. Black Green Pastures xvi They heard the squealing of a young cock outside.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

squealingadj.

Etymology: formed as squealing n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsquealing.
1.
a. That utters or emits squeals; screaming.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > shrill quality > [adjective] > making shrill sound
squealinga1400
shrill1508
pipinga1522
shrilling1566
shrill-bated1582
shirling1592
shrilledc1602
screaming1616
skirling1786
blatting1890
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 5626 Þe kings doghter..sagh þe vessel on þe flodd;..A squeland child þer-in sco fand.
c1480 (a1400) St. Mary Magdalen 484 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 270 To þis squeland barne ȝe [suld] spare.
a1640 J. Ball Answer to Iohn Can (1642) i. 143 Cathed. Churches..where..Singing men,..Squealing Choristers, Organ-Players,..&c. live in great idlenesse.
1689 R. Cox Hibernia Anglicana: Pt. 1 Apparatus sig. lv A Bagpipe, which is a squealing Engine, fit only for a Bear-Garden.
1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 15. ⁋2 She pinch'd me, and called me squealing Chit.
1879 ‘G. Eliot’ Theophrastus Such ii. 35 A small squealing black pig.
1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 586 A terrific rain-storm..accompanied by a squealing, bitter cold wind.
b. squealing hawk n. (see quot. 1884).
ΚΠ
1884 Harper's Mag. Mar. 622 The red-tailed hawk..by some is called the squealing hawk.
2. Of the nature of a squeal.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > shrill quality > [adjective]
shillOE
brightOE
shrillc1386
sharp1390
keena1400
shirl1418
piercingc1425
acute1504
shrillish1583
shrilly1594
ear-piercinga1616
sonable1623
oxytonous1653
argute1719
snellc1730
chanticleering1786
criard1840
squealing1879
shrilled1880
bird-high1920
bleaty1925
stainless steel1963
1879 R. Jefferies Wild Life 338 Now and then a peculiar squealing sound may be heard proceeding from the grass.
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VII. 506 Peculiar squealing cry.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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