- [intransitive]
to give a loud high shout, for example when you are excited, frightened or in pain 尖叫 - shriek (in something)
She shrieked in fright. 她吓得尖叫起来。 🔊🔊 - shriek with something
The audience was shrieking with laughter. 观众放声大笑。 🔊🔊 He all but shrieked when he saw her. 他看见她时几乎叫了出来。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- aloud
- loudly
- out
- …
- hear somebody
- at
- in
- with
- …
- shriek at the top of your lungs
- shriek (in something)
- [transitive]
to say something in a loud, high voice 尖声说 - shriek something
He shrieked her name as he fell. 他摔倒时尖叫着她的名字。 - shriek something at somebody
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。 🔊🔊 - shriek at somebody
Stop shrieking at me! 别再冲我尖叫！ - + speech
‘Look out!’ he shrieked. “小心！” 他尖叫道。 🔊🔊
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- aloud
- loudly
- out
- …
- hear somebody
- at
- in
- with
- …
- shriek at the top of your lungs
- shriek something
Word Originlate 15th cent. (as a verb): imitative; compare with dialect screak, Old Norse skrækja, also with screech.