| 单词 | shrill |
| 释义 | shrill —shrillness, n. —shrilly, adv. /shril/, adj., shriller, shrillest, v., n., adv. adj. 1. high-pitched and piercing in sound quality: a shrill cry. 2. producing such a sound. 3. full of or characterized by such a sound: shrill music. 4. betraying some strong emotion or attitude in an exaggerated amount, as antagonism or defensiveness. 5. marked by great intensity; keen: the shrill, incandescent light of the exploding bomb. v.t. , v.i. 6. to cry shrilly. n. 7. a shrill sound. adv. 8. in a shrill manner; shrilly. [1300-50; ME shrille (adj., v.); akin to OE scrallettan to sound loudly; c. G schrill (adj.), schrillen (v.); cf. ON skrill rabble] |
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