caterwaul

n. 猫叫春声, 象猫叫春的声音 vi. 叫春, (象猫一样)号叫

发音

UK /ˈkæt.ə.wɔːl/
US /ˈkæt.ɚ.wɔl/
其它 /ˈkæt.ɚ.wɑl/

词形变化

caterwauling caterwauls 复数 caterwauled caterwauls 三单 caterwauls caterwauling 现在分词 caterwauled 过去式 caterwauled 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A yowling.

  2. 2.

    A noisy quarrel.

v.
  1. 1.

    To cry as cats in heat; to make a harsh, offensive noise.

    不及物
  2. 2.

    To have a noisy argument, like cats.

    不及物

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

cry
动词

同义词 1

yowl

上位词 4

pipe shriek shrill pipe up

词源

From Middle English caterwrawen, from cater (“cat”) + wrawen, wrawlen (“cry like a cat”), equivalent to cat + waul. Compare Low German katerwaulen (“to cry like a cat”) and Middle Dutch cater (“tomcat”) (Dutch kater).

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