shriek
英 [ʃriːk]
美 [ʃriːk]
- vi. 尖叫;促人注意
- vt. 尖声发出
- n. 尖声;尖锐的响声
1. 很像汽车紧急刹车时的声音。
2. 美国有个动画片叫《怪物史莱克》,史莱克(Shrek,又译为史瑞克)与单词shriek(尖叫)是不是很像,中间只少了一个字母i,丑得可爱的史莱克长得也怪吓人的,谁碰到怪物不会尖叫呢?
- shriek (v.)
- 16c. variant of scrycke (c. 1200), from Old Norse skrækja "to screech" (see screech), probably of imitative origin. Related: Shrieked; shrieking. The noun is attested from 1580s, from the verb.
- 1. The ladies shriek and swoon at his every word.
- 他的每一句话都令那些女士为之尖叫,为之痴狂。
- 2. Sue let out a terrific shriek and leapt out of the way.
- 休发出一声尖叫,跳到了一边。
- 3. All of a sudden he let out a piercing shriek.
- 他突然发出一声尖叫.
- 4. Suddenly he began to shriek loudly.
- 突然他开始大声尖叫起来.
- 5. The steam pipes rattled suddenly, and Franklin uttered a shriek and jumped with fright.
- 蒸汽管突然发出咯咯的响声,富兰克林尖叫一声,吓得跳了起来。