英语词汇“shriek”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	shriek
释义	shriek I. \ˈshrēk, esp South ˈsrēk, dial ˈswēk\ verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: probably irregular from Middle English shriken to shriek; akin to Old Norse skrækja to screech — more at scream *intransitive verb* 1. a. : to utter a sharp shrill sound (as of some birds and animals) < hear … an old hare shriek — G.G.Carter > b. : to cry out in a high-pitched voice : screech < the ladies shrieked at the sight of the skull — T.L.Peacock > < a tangle of hysterical girls … sweeping down the main street, shrieking — Jean Stafford > 2. a. : to make a sound resembling a shriek < keep the siren shrieking — American Guide Series: Minnesota > < the wind … shrieking like ten thousand devils — P.B.Cronk > b. : to suggest such a sound (as by vividness of expression) < yellow landscape print that shrieked from the flowered wallpaper — Margaret Long > *transitive verb* 1. : to utter or sound forth with a shriek or sharply and shrilly < shriek an alarm > < the sirens shrieked their warning — Rotarian > 2. : to express in a manner suggestive of a shriek < headlines shrieking their sensational news of the murder > II. noun (-s) 1. : a shrill usually wild or involuntary cry (as of sudden or extreme terror or pain or of violent laughter) < a starling … gave a piercing shriek — Time > < the agonizing shrieks of the wounded — Charles Lever > < shrieks of mirth — R.B.D.French > 2. : a sound resembling a shriek < the sudden shriek of chalk on a blackboard — Earle Birney >
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