单词 | squealing |
释义 | squealingn. 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. 1. a. That utters or emits squeals; screaming. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.c1325adj.a1400 |
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