shriek

英 [ʃriːk] 美[ʃrik]
  • vi. 尖叫;促人注意
  • vt. 尖声发出
  • n. 尖声;尖锐的响声

GRE低频词TEM4CET4CET6常用词汇

词态变化


复数: shrieks;第三人称单数: shrieks;过去式: shrieked;过去分词: shrieked;现在分词: shrieking;

助记提示


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?

英英释意


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"

英文词源


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.

同义词辨析


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。

实用场景例句


She shrieked in fright.
她吓得尖叫起来。

牛津词典

The audience was shrieking with laughter.
观众放声大笑。

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(figurative)The answer shrieked at her (= was very obvious) .
答案就明摆在她面前。

牛津词典

She was shrieking abuse at them as they carried her off.
他们把她抬走的时候,她冲着他们尖声叫骂。

牛津词典

‘Look out! ’ he shrieked.
“小心!”他尖叫道。

牛津词典

She let out a piercing shriek.
她发出一声刺耳的尖叫。

牛津词典

a shriek of delight
兴奋的叫声

牛津词典

She shrieked and leapt from the bed...
她尖叫一声从床上跳了起来。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Miranda shrieked with laughter.
米兰达尖声大笑。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

'Stop it! Stop it!' shrieked Jane...
“停下!停下!”简尖叫道。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He was shrieking obscenities and weeping.
他一边哭一边尖声咒骂着脏话。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

My sister gave a shriek of delight.
我妹妹高兴地尖叫起来.

期刊摘选

Shelob 39 ; s shriek is actually the sound of a Tasmanian devil.
大蜘蛛尸罗的叫声实际上是袋獾的叫声.

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The bell here rang for the third time, with another shriek of anguish.
这时铃声第三次响起来, 听起来焦急万分.

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She gave a shriek as she felt someone grab her arm.
当感觉到有人抓住她的手臂时,她发出一声尖叫.

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The man's voice rose to a shriek.
那个人的嗓门提高到尖叫的程度.

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She let out a shriek of laughter.
她尖声大笑了一声.

辞典例句

Snow muffles the shriek of metal and the rasp of motion.
大雪掩盖了金属的尖叫声和机器的刺耳声.

期刊摘选

People sometimes shriek because of terror, anger, or pain.
人们有时会因为恐惧, 气愤或疼痛而尖叫.

辞典例句

A shriek stirred me from sleep.
尖叫声把我从睡梦中唤醒.

辞典例句

They hurt his ear like the trust of a knife; he feared he would shriek.
随着频次变少,声音变得越来越大,越来越尖锐,像刀子一样刺痛他的耳朵; 他怕自己就要失声尖叫了.

期刊摘选

All of a sudden he let out a piercing shriek.
他突然发出一声尖叫.

《简明英汉词典》

Yell louder , wench , shriek , wail, but it will not dull the voice of truth.
放纵地尖叫, 淫乱, 哀号吧, 但这不会掩盖真实的声音.

期刊摘选

The hoarse shriek of a locomotive whistling a crossing told him where he was.
火车经过铁路交岔口时响起的沙哑的笛声使他明白自己正置身何处.

期刊摘选

My skin crawled when I heard a sudden shriek in the dead of night.
夜晚万籁俱寂时突然听到一声尖叫,吓得我汗毛直竖.

辞典例句

Her voice rose to a shriek.
她的声音提高变尖.

辞典例句

He let out a shriek of abandoned laughter.
他尖着嗓子纵声大笑.

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