yowl

n. 惨叫, 号叫, 吼声 vi. 惨叫, 号叫, 怒斥

发音

其它 /jaʊl/

词形变化

yowls 复数 yowls yowled yowling yowls 三单 yowling 现在分词 yowled 过去式 yowled 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A prolonged, loud cry, like the sound of an animal; a wail; a howl.

v.
  1. 1.

    Utter a yowl.

    不及物
  2. 2.

    Express by yowling; utter with a yowl.

    及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 7

roaring roar holler hollering bellowing bellow hollo

上位词 6

call cry shout yell outcry vociferation
动词

同义词 4

howl caterwaul wrawl yammer

上位词 8

pipe utter shriek shrill emit let out pipe up let loose

词源

From Middle English youlen, goulen, from Old Norse gaula (“to low, bellow, howl, scream”), related to Icelandic gaula (“to yell, howl, roar”), Faroese geyla (“to bawl, squall, shout, yell, bellow”), Norwegian gaule (“to roar, howl, whine, weep noisily”), dialectal Swedish gjöla, Scots gowl (“to howl, yell, roar”), Shetlandic Scots gjol. Initial y- possibly influenced by Middle English yollen, yellen (“to yell”).

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