单词 | ululation |
释义 | ululationn. 1. A howl or wail; a cry of lamentation. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > cry of grief > [noun] reameOE ropeOE greeta1325 yammer?a1513 plangor1567 ululation1599 howla1616 vagit1630 knell1647 pillaloo1785 whillaloo1790 ullagone1819 ululu1834 wail1863 1599 R. Linche Fountaine Anc. Fiction sig. Ov Scilla,..with her vncouth and lowd barking and howling, make[s] the waters thereabout resound with an incredible report and eccho of such her strange vlulations. 1606 T. Dekker Newes from Hell sig. F2 What tongue is able to relate the grones and vlulations of a wretch so distressed? 1654 R. Codrington tr. Justinus Hist. xii. 191 They did by instinct break forth into the sacred ululations of the God. 1689 R. Cox Hibernia Anglicana: Pt. 1 Apparatus sig. l2 They bury their Dead with great Ululations or Allelews. 1812 G. Colman Poet. Vagaries 110 Again the horns were fill'd by all, And ululations shook the Hall. 1854 T. De Quincey On Murder (rev. ed.) in Select. Grave & Gay IV. 100 The ululation of vengeance which ascended instantaneously from the individual street. 1856 F. E. Paget Owlet of Owlstone Edge 169 Master Maximilian checked his ululations. 1881 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 341 The women..burst forth in a shrill scream, with a quaver or ululation resembling the note of the screech-owl. 2. The action of howling or wailing. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [noun] > wail or howl yowlinga1225 yei?a1289 yollinga1300 howling1490 yowl?a1513 yawling1568 blayinga1586 whewling1609 howla1616 vagitusa1651 ululation?1799 gowl1805 waul1856 wow1862 whoo1891 blarting1898 ululance1951 the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > cry of grief > [noun] > wailing reameOE woningc950 reminga1200 wailinga1400 bewailing1485 howling1490 yammer?a1513 wailc1540 wailment1593 bewailment1607 ejulationa1620 alleleu1689 yammering1705 ululation?1799 waly-walying1821 ?1799 S. T. Coleridge Mahomet 11 The people with mad shouts Thundering now, and now with saddest ululation Flew. 1848 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 1st Ser. ix. 121 The laborers..are heard to shout from behind the scenes in a singular tone resembling ululation. 1886 A. C. Swinburne Misc. 98 Who uttered in public or in private such high-pitched notes of ululation and imprecation. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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