blood-curdling

adjective
🔊/ˈblʌd kɜːdlɪŋ/
🔊/ˈblʌd kɜːrdlɪŋ/
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  1. (of a sound or a story声音或故事) filling you with horror; extremely frightening使人毛骨悚然的;极为可怕的
    • a blood-curdling scream/story令人不寒而栗的尖叫/故事
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryBlood-curdling is used with these nouns:
    • shriek
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