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单词 cackle
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cackle

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Birdscacklecack‧le1 /ˈkækəl/ verb [intransitive]  1 LAUGHto laugh in a loud unpleasant way, making short high sounds► see thesaurus at laugh2 HBBSOUNDwhen a chicken cackles, it makes a loud high sound→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpuscackle• "Oh we've got him now!" I cackled, dancing round the room.• She is apt to cackle evilly.• In telling it, he cackled like a corncrake and waved his arms about.• When I said this, he started cackling like a madman.• He kept laughing, cackling, making wild, insane remarks.• A police car radio cackled raucously.• The hens clambered in, cackling with delight and greed. cacklecackle2 noun [countable]  1 a loud high sound that a chicken makes → cluck2 LAUGHa short high unpleasant laughExamples from the Corpuscackle• There was a cackle from the old lady. "I know what you're after."• And finally, there are the ones that seem little more than a cue for a really good cackle.• How would you put his cackle in print or produce that grin with parentheses and colons?• loud cackles of amusement• Nor, it must be said, a hoot, chuckle, chortle, crow or cackle.• Spider let out a weird high-pitched cackle that scared Miguel.• In his classes, he subjected students to the cackles of mechanical laugh boxes to test their reactions.Origin cackle1 (1100-1200) From the sound
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