Screech

(noun.) a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry; 'he ducked at the screechings of shells'; 'he heard the scream of the brakes'.

艾布拉姆编辑

• At this moment the fiddles finished off with a screech, and the serpent emitted a last note that nearly lifted the roof. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Here, an excited woman screeched from the crowd: You were one of the best patriots there. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Always running about and screeching, always playing and fighting, always skip-skip-skipping on the pavement and chalking it for their games! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• There was a parrot, or summat like it, screeching in the window. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.

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