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screeching 音标拼音: [skr'itʃɪŋ] 发动机啸声 发动机啸声 screeching n 1: a high- pitched noise resembling a human cry; " he ducked at the screechings of shells"; " he heard the scream of the brakes" [ synonym: { screech}, { screeching}, { shriek}, { shrieking}, { scream}, { screaming}] 2: sharp piercing cry; " her screaming attracted the neighbors" [ synonym: { scream}, { screaming}, { shriek}, { shrieking}, { screech}, { screeching}] Screech \ Screech\ ( skr[= e] ch), v. i. [ imp. & p. p. { Screeched}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Screeching}.] [ Also formerly, scritch, OE. skriken, skrichen, schriken, of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. skr[ ae] kja to shriek, to screech, skr[ imac] kja to titter, Sw. skrika to shriek, Dan. skrige; also Gael. sgreach, sgreuch, W. ysgrechio, Skr. kharj to creak. Cf. { Shriek}, v., { Scream}, v.] To utter a harsh, shrill cry; to make a sharp outcry, as in terror or acute pain; to scream; to shriek. " The screech owl, screeching loud." -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster]
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