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squeal

verb
🔊/skwiːl/
🔊/skwiːl/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they squeal
🔊/skwiːl/
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he / she / it squeals
🔊/skwiːlz/
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past simple squealed
🔊/skwiːld/
🔊/skwiːld/
past participle squealed
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-ing form squealing
🔊/ˈskwiːlɪŋ/
🔊/ˈskwiːlɪŋ/
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  1. [intransitive] to make a long, high sound尖声长叫；发出长而尖的声音
    • The pigs were squealing.猪尖叫着。🔊🔊
    • The car squealed to a halt.汽车嘎的一声停了下来。🔊🔊
    • Children were running around squealing with excitement.孩子们跑来跑去，兴奋地尖叫着。🔊🔊
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    Topics Animalsc2
  2. [transitive, intransitive] (+ speech) to speak in a very high voice, especially when you are excited or nervous（尤指激动或紧张时）尖声说，高声嚷着说
    • ‘Don't!’ she squealed.“不要！” 她尖叫道。🔊🔊
  3. [intransitive] squeal (on somebody) (informal, disapproving) to give information, especially to the police, about something illegal that somebody has done告密；告发
    • Someone must have squealed on him.一定有人在尖叫他。
    4. Word OriginMiddle English (as a verb): imitative. The noun dates from the mid 18th cent.

squeal

noun
🔊/skwiːl/
🔊/skwiːl/
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  1. a long high call or sound拖长的尖叫声；长而尖的声音
    • a squeal of pain疼痛的尖叫
    • a squeal of delight快乐的尖叫
    • He stopped with a squeal of brakes.他嘎的一声把车刹住了。🔊🔊
    Topics Animalsc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • little
    • high-pitched
    verb + squeal
    • give
    • let out
    • hear
    • …
    preposition
    • with a squeal
    • squeal of
    phrases
    • a squeal of delight
    • the squeal of brakes
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    Word OriginMiddle English (as a verb): imitative. The noun dates from the mid 18th cent.