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单词 shrill
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shrill

adjective
/ʃrɪl/
/ʃrɪl/
(comparative shriller, superlative shrillest)
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  1. (of sounds or voices) very high and loud, in an unpleasant way synonym piercing
    • The PE teacher’s shrill voice rang out across the school fields.
    • The shrill cries of children broke the silence.
  2. loud and determined but often unreasonable
    • shrill demands/protests
  3. Word Originlate Middle English: of Germanic origin; related to Low German schrell ‘sharp in tone or taste’.

shrill

verb
/ʃrɪl/
/ʃrɪl/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they shrill
/ʃrɪl/
/ʃrɪl/
he / she / it shrills
/ʃrɪlz/
/ʃrɪlz/
past simple shrilled
/ʃrɪld/
/ʃrɪld/
past participle shrilled
/ʃrɪld/
/ʃrɪld/
-ing form shrilling
/ˈʃrɪlɪŋ/
/ˈʃrɪlɪŋ/
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  1. [intransitive] to make an unpleasant high loud sound
    • Behind him, the telephone shrilled.
  2. [transitive] + speech to say something in a loud, high voice synonym shriek
    • ‘Wait for me!’ she shrilled.
  3. Word Originlate Middle English: of Germanic origin; related to Low German schrell ‘sharp in tone or taste’.
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