caterwaul

英 [ˈkætəwɔːl]

美 [ˈkætərwɔːl]

v.  (猫)号叫

现在分词：caterwauling　复数：caterwauls　过去式：caterwauled　第三人称单数：caterwauls　过去分词：caterwauled　

COCA.40631

牛津词典

verb

• （猫）号叫
  to make the loud unpleasant noise that is typical of a cat

柯林斯词典

• VERB (如猫一般)尖声怪叫，号叫
  If a person or animalcaterwauls, they make a loud, high, unpleasant noise like the noise that cats make when they fight.
  1. ...shrieking and caterwauling in mock distress.
     故作悲伤地尖叫
  2. Caterwaulis also a noun.
     
  3. ...blood-curdling caterwauls.
     令人毛骨悚然的尖叫

英英释义

noun

• the yowling sound made by a cat in heat

verb

• utter shrieks, as of cats
  Synonym:yowl

双语例句

• A raucous cry is a "caterwaul".
  沙哑的叫声被说成是“猫叫”；
• We were woken by a high, snarling caterwaul, a sort of screaming wail.
  我们被一声尖厉的叫声惊醒，那是一种尖声的嚎叫。