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单词 yowl
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yowln.

Brit. /jaʊl/, U.S. /jaʊl/
Forms: Also Middle English–1500s ȝowle, 1600s youle, 1800s youl.
Etymology: < yowl v.
An act of yowling; a prolonged loud cry, now esp. of a dog or cat.
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the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > [noun] > howl or whine
pime?a1500
whinge?a1513
yowl?a1513
whrine1513
howla1616
whine1633
whimper1810
whinner1840
wow1862
ki-yi1884
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [noun] > sound made by
yowl?a1513
ki-yi1884
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 world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > felis domesticus (cat) > [noun] > sounds made by > caterwaul
yowl?a1513
caterwauling1530
caterwaul1708
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 173 Pit obscure, Quhair ȝowlis ar with horrible stevin.
a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 53 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 96 He grat grysly grym and gaif a gret ȝowle.
1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue i. 36 He brake forth into such a Youle of laughing, that he was ready to burst.
1820 J. Hogg Shepherd's Cal. in Tales & Sketches i A dog..gae two or three melancholy yowls.
a1877 J. Ballantine in D. H. Edwards Mod. Sc. Poets (1881) 3rd Ser. 31 At your feet wi' kindly yowl, Whurrs your wee catty.
1916 P. MacGill Great Push i. 17 The cats raise their primordial, instinctive yowl.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

yowlv.

Brit. /jaʊl/, U.S. /jaʊl/
Forms: Middle English ȝoȝele, ȝuhele, ȝule, Middle English (1500s Scottish) ȝoule, ȝowle, Middle English–1500s yowle, Middle English–1600s youle, Middle English, 1600s, 1800s youll, 1600s, 1800s youl, 1800s yowll, 1700s– yowl.
Etymology: Middle English ȝoȝele , ȝoule , ȝuhele , ȝule . Compare Middle English ȝaule , yawl v.1 and gowl v.1 (Old Norse gaula).
1.
a. intransitive. To cry out loudly from pain, grief, or distress; also said of the howling of dogs and various wild animals, the ‘wauling’ of cats, and (formerly) of the hooting of owls, the cooing of doves.
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the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > make sound [verb (intransitive)] > howl or whine
theotenc888
yowla1225
gowlc1300
whinec1330
howl1390
yawlc1400
whrine?1507
whewla1560
whinge1562
waw1570
whimper1575
wail1595
ululate1623
wow1806
wowla1825
towl1906
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [verb (intransitive)] > wail or howl
theotenc888
yarmc1000
yowla1225
yollc1275
gowlc1300
woulc1340
yawlc1400
howlc1405
yowta1525
whewla1560
exululate1623
to sing port-yowla1693
toot1808
blart1896
a1225 [implied in: Juliana 57 Ȝe, quoð eleusius, haldest tu ȝetten up o þi ȝuhelunge? (at yowling n.)].
a1250 Owl & Night. 40 Me luste bet speten þane singe Of þine fule ȝoȝelinge [Jesus MS. howelynge].
c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. I. 200 Whanne þei [sc. wolves] bigynen to ȝoule, þei turnen her snowte to hevene ward.
a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Digby) 66/60 A bolde hounde shulde neuer pleyne nor yowle, but if he were oute of þe reghtes.
c1480 (a1400) St. James Great 102 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 100 Þe fendis furth can fare..ȝouland and cryand in þe ayre.
1483 Cath. Angl. 427/2 To ȝowle, vlulare.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iv. viii. 112 The nycht oule.. was hard ȝoule With langsum voce.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms lviii. [lix.] 14 Let them go to & fro, & runne aboute the cite, youlinge like dogges.
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 31 The turtil began for to greit quhen the cuschet ȝoulit.
1674 J. Ray N. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 22 To Greet and Yowl, Cumberland, to weep and cry.
1728 A. Ramsay Robert Richy & Sandy 24 His dog its lane sat yowling on a brae.
1820 Marmaiden of Clyde vii, in Edinb. Mag. & Literary Misc. 6 422 An' the wilcat yowl't through its dowie vowts.
1848 W. M. Thackeray Dr. Birch (1849) 18 She is always croaking, scolding, bullying—yowling at the housemaids, snarling at Miss Raby [etc.].
1862 G. A. Sala Seven Sons Mammon I. vii. 161 The Blenheim spaniel..yowled fractiously.
1896 S. Baring-Gould Broom-squire i [The child] yowlin' enough to tear a fellow's nerves to pieces.
in extended use.1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid ii. viii. 84 The whole howsis ȝowlit and resoundit For womenting of ladyis and wemen.
b. Applied to loud singing or shouting. Obsolete.
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1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. cxxv Yowlynge with theyr folysshe songe and cry.
c1630 Song ii, in D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier (1840) Notes 323 Yoffing, crying, youlling, yelling, Lyk ane citie swyne summonds out with an horne.
2. transitive. To express by yowling; to utter with a yowl.
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the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > make sound [verb (transitive)] > howl at
theotenc1175
wowl1756
yowl1842
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [verb (transitive)] > wail or howl
theotenc1175
wailc1330
to howl out1530
behowl1600
yowl1842
keen1893
blart1896
1842 J. Wilson Recreations Christopher North I. i. 13 The chained mastiff in the yard yowls his admiration.
1889 J. Ruskin Præterita III. iv. 175 However fast the clergyman may gabble, or the choir-boys yowl, their psalms.

Derivatives

ˈyowler n. one who or that which yowls (in quot. 1935 applied to a crooner).
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [noun] > wail or howl > person
yawler1611
yowler1935
society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > singer > other types of singer > [noun] > crooner
crooner1930
yowler1935
swooner1944
1935 P. G. Wodehouse Blandings Castle v. 120 He's a yowler, and girls always fall for yowlers. They have a glamour.
1966 ‘L. Lane’ ABZ of Scouse 120 Yowler, a cat.
1979 Tucson (Arizona) Citizen 20 Sept. 10 a/3 In every airport I stand, sip, sleep, weep, wail and yowl in, I find an equal number of other standers, sippers, sleepers, weepers, wailers and yowlers.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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