亚洲网紅露点

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shriek

[ shreek ]

noun

  1. a loud, sharp, shrill cry.

    Synonyms: ,

  2. a loud, high sound of laughter.
  3. any loud, shrill sound, as of a whistle.


verb (used without object)

  1. to utter a loud, sharp, shrill cry, as birds.
  2. to cry out sharply in a high voice:

    to shriek with pain.

    Synonyms: ,

  3. to utter loud, high-pitched sounds in laughing.
  4. (of a musical instrument, a whistle, the wind, etc.) to give forth a loud, shrill sound.

verb (used with object)

  1. to utter in a shriek:

    to shriek defiance.

shriek

/ 蕛谤颈藧办 /

noun

  1. a shrill and piercing cry
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to produce or utter (words, sounds, etc) in a shrill piercing tone
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞蝉丑谤颈别办别谤, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 蝉丑谤颈别办顎侥谤 noun
  • 蝉丑谤颈别办顎僫苍驳路濒测 adverb
  • 蝉丑谤颈别办顎儁 adjective
  • 辞耻迟顎却丑谤颈别办顎 verb (used with object)
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of shriek1

First recorded in 1560鈥70; earlier shrick, northern variant of shritch (now dialect), Middle English schrichen, back formation from Old English scriccettan; akin to shrike
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of shriek1

C16: probably from Old Norse 蝉办谤忙办箩补 to screech 1
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Synonym Study

See scream.
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Example Sentences

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Irate, the woman shrieked, shoved something in the holding cell toilet and started frantically flushing to flood the cell.

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They shrieked with delight when Freeman acknowledged them with an affectionate wave of the glove.

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Shakespeare鈥檚 play assumes the shrieks and shrill cries of a B-movie.

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鈥淚鈥檓 a high-energy guy and I love the game and I love the way I am able to still go out and still help my team and compete,鈥 James said after his Christmas night shriek.

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"You garbage people! I'm tired, so what do you want? Are you afraid of me?" shrieks the young woman defiantly, before she is bundled through the barricade and taken away.

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