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单词 squeakiness
释义
squeakysqueak‧y /ˈskwiːki/ adjective Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • a squeaky door
  • a band with a squeaky vocal style
  • He's had a throat infection for over a week and his voice has gone squeaky.
  • Her voice is kind of high and squeaky.
  • If you have a squeaky little voice, people tend not to listen to your ideas.
  • This door needs oiling - it's very squeaky.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Around the corner, their classmates practiced pulling small-fry violin bows across squeaky strings.
  • His voice, he thought, sounded curiously squeaky.
  • Something about his rubbery features and squeaky voice trigger my cootie detector.
  • The beginning of the main strip in Shelbyville is a squeaky clean residential area.
  • The speaker was squeaky, but I could make out what was being said.
  • The toy, the squeaky duck or whatever, will be offered to him by the smiling child.
  • Union Sundown appear to share their guitars and their squeaky vocal style but their songs are longer and have a grittier tone.
Thesaurus
THESAURUSsounds
higher than most sounds or voices: · He has a rather high-pitched voice.· Bats make high-pitched squeaks.· the high-pitched whine of a dentist's drill
high and unpleasant: · Her voice became more shrill.· The bird has rather a shrill cry.
extremely high and loud, in a way that is unpleasant: · a piercing scream· Suddenly I heard a piercing whistle.
making very high noises that are not loud: · a squeaky gate· squeaky floorboards· a squeaky little voice
Longman Language Activatora high sound or voice
near the top range of sounds that humans can hear - use this about sounds, voices, or musical notes: · Dogs respond to sounds that are too high for humans to hear.· I was amazed that he could sing such high notes.· He mocked her by repeating what she said in a high, childish voice.
a high-pitched sound or voice is very high, and often unpleasant or annoying to listen to: · Above the music on the radio was an annoying, high-pitched whistle.· I could hear high-pitched laughter coming from the girls' bedroom.
a piercing sound or voice is very high and loud, often with the result that it is unpleasant or painful to listen to: · Sammy put his finger and thumb in his mouth and gave a piercing whistle.· Maggie let out a piercing scream as she saw the truck speeding toward her.
very high, loud, and unexpectedly sharp, often giving the person who hears it a sudden shock: · I was suddenly woken up by the shrill ringing of the telephone.· As Sophie became angry her voice got shriller.
a squeaky sound or voice makes short high sounds, especially because there is something wrong with it: · This door needs oiling - it's very squeaky.· If you have a squeaky little voice, people tend not to listen to your ideas.
music that is tinny is high and unpleasant, especially because it comes from a low quality radio or musical instrument: · The music sounded tinny through the old speakers.· As he neared the park he could hear the tinny music from Joey's radio.
a high voice
· I recognized Juliet's high, excited voice on the phone immediately.
high and often unpleasant or annoying to listen to: · Her voice was clear but rather high-pitched.· The commentary was punctuated by high-pitched giggles.
very high and loud, and unpleasant or painful to listen to: · Her voice was nasal and piercing.· He raised his hands and let out a piercing shriek.· There came a piercing cry from the back of the cinema.
very high and loud and unpleasant to listen to: · As Sophie became angry her voice got shriller.· Sylvie burst out in a shrill laugh before leaving the room.
a squeaky voice keeps changing between being too high and being normal, especially because there is something wrong with your throat: · He's had a throat infection for over a week and his voice has gone squeaky.· a band with a squeaky vocal style
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(=completely clean)· I like my hair to be squeaky clean.
(=very high and not strong)· The mouse talks in a little squeaky voice.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
· Within minutes, Tamika, squeaky clean for the first time in days, is proudly pulling the clothing on.· How squeaky clean can I get?· This kind of possibility is a new experience for a city where the police department has always been viewed as squeaky clean.
· Whiskers and ears are optional but the squeaky voice is essential!· Something about his rubbery features and squeaky voice trigger my cootie detector.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
  • a squeaky clean kitchen
  • He's a squeaky clean kid -- doesn't smoke, drink, or do drugs or anything.
  • John has a squeaky clean reputation.
  • The floor is squeaky clean.
  • Equally, all customers are not squeaky clean, so there's quite often a story to be told from both sides.
  • How squeaky clean can I get?
  • It's juice running down chins, fingers instead of forks, plates licked squeaky clean and belts loosened around waists.
  • Not just as squeaky clean, boring Ewan Famber but as a man.
  • The beginning of the main strip in Shelbyville is a squeaky clean residential area.
  • This kind of possibility is a new experience for a city where the police department has always been viewed as squeaky clean.
  • Verily, Jacob's Mouse are squeaky clean.
  • Within minutes, Tamika, squeaky clean for the first time in days, is proudly pulling the clothing on.
1making very high noises that are not loud:  a squeaky voice squeaky floorboards► see thesaurus at high2squeaky clean informal a)never having done anything morally wrong:  politicians who are less than squeaky clean b)completely clean:  squeaky clean hair—squeakily adverb—squeakiness noun [uncountable]
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