scream

• vi. 尖叫；呼啸；发出尖锐刺耳的声音；令人触目惊心
• vt. 尖声喊叫；大叫大嚷着要求
• n. 尖叫声；尖锐刺耳的声音；极其滑稽可笑的人

1. sharp piercing cry;

"her screaming attracted the neighbors"

2. a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry;

"he ducked at the screechings of shells"

"he heard the scream of the brakes"

3. a joke that seems extremely funny

scream (v.)

late 12c., scræmen, of uncertain origin, similar to words in Scandinavian, Dutch, German, and Flemish (such as Old Norse skræma "to terrify, scare," Swedish scrana "to scream," Dutch schreijen "cry aloud, shriek," Old High German scrian, German schreien "to cry"). Related: Screamed; screaming. Screaming meemies is World War I army slang, originally a soldiers' name for a type of German artillery shell that made a loud noise in flight (from French woman's name Mimi), extended to the battle fatigue caused by long exposure to enemy fire.

scream (n.)

mid-15c., from scream (v.).

And (as they say) lamentings heard i' th' Ayre; Strange Schreemes of Death. ["Macbeth," II.iii.61]

Shakespeare's spelling probably reflects "sk-" as spelled in words from Latin (such as school); he also has schreene for screen. Slang meaning "something that evokes a cry of laughter" is 1888; screamer in this sense is from 1831.

cry, shout, exclaim, roar, scream, shriek, yell, call

这些动词都有"喊，叫"之意。

cry： 一般指因恐惧、痛苦、惊奇等而喊叫。

shout： 指有意识地高声喊叫，常用于提出警告、发命令或唤起注意等。

exclaim： 多指因高兴、愤怒、痛苦、惊讶等突发感情而高声喊叫。

roar： 指发出大而深沉的声音、吼叫或咆哮。

scream： 指因恐具、快乐或痛苦而发出的尖叫声。

shriek： 指因惊恐、痛苦等或其它感情而发出比scream更为尖锐、刺耳的叫声。

yell： 多指求援、鼓励时的呼叫。也可指因外界因素刺激而发出尖厉声音。

call： 指大声说话或喊叫，以引起某人的注意。

Where do the seeds of change come from? The Native American Indians have a saying: Pay attention to the whispers so you won't have to hear the screams.

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I gave the homeowner a recording of the hunger screams of owl chicks.

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I would scream, "I hate you!" Dad would yell back, "Good! I don't care!" Deep down I knew he did.

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Pahlsson screamed so loudly that her daughter came running from the house.

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That makes her baby scream, and then a 400-pound male appears.

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The dog had initially been knocked unconscious but had survived by drinking water from a fresh scream at the base of the cliff.

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Unexpectedly, I'm face-to-face with the gorilla, who begins screaming at the top of her lungs.

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And then the inevitable happens: You lose your patience and either scream at your kids or say something that was a bit too harsh and does nobody any good.

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He covered her mouth to stop her from screaming.

他捂上她的嘴，不让她叫出声来。

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The kids were screaming with excitement.

孩子们兴奋地喊叫着。

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People ran for the exits, screaming out in terror.

人们惊恐万状，尖叫着奔向出口。

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The baby was screaming itself hoarse.

婴儿哭得嗓子都哑了。

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‘Help! ’ she screamed.

“救命啊！”她喊道。

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Someone was screaming for help.

有人在喊救命。

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He screamed at me to stop.

他冲着我喊，要我停下来。

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She screamed abuse at him.

她对他破口大骂。

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His sister screamed out that he was crazy.

他姐姐大叫着说他昏了头。

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Lights flashed and sirens screamed.

灯光闪动，警报鸣叫。

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The powerboat screamed out to sea.

汽艇呼啸着出海了。

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These books scream out to be included in a list of favourites.

这几本书亟须列入最受读者喜爱的书目之中。

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She let out a scream of pain.

她疼得大叫一声。

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They ignored the baby's screams.

他们对孩子的哭叫充耳不闻。

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He drove off with a scream of tyres.

他驾车吱的一声开走了。

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He's a scream.

他挺滑稽的。

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Women were screaming; some of the houses nearest the bridge were on fire...

女人们在尖叫;离桥最近的几所房屋起火了。

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If I hear one more joke about my hair, I shall scream...

如果我再听到有人拿我的头发开玩笑，我就会尖叫。

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'Brigid!' she screamed. 'Get up!'...

“布里吉德！”她尖叫道，“起来！”

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I was screaming at them to get out of my house...

我尖叫着让他们离开我的家。

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She slammed the car into gear, the tyres screaming as her foot jammed against the accelerator...

她用力关上车门发动汽车，脚猛踩油门时轮胎发出刺耳的声音。

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As he talked, an airforce jet screamed over the town.

他谈话时，一架军用喷气式飞机在镇子上空呼啸而过。

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