单词 | yowl |
释义 | yowln. An act of yowling; a prolonged loud cry, now esp. of a dog or cat. ΘΚΠ 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. 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. ΘΚΠ 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. Π 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. ΘΚΠ 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). 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 > 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). < n.?a1513v.a1225 |
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