| 释义 |
shrieky, a.|ˈʃriːkɪ|
[f. shriek n. or v. + -y.]
Characterized by a shriek or shrieks; of a loud sharp shrill pitch; fig. hysterical.
1858Clough Poems, etc. (1869) I. 132 The four days of June I dare say you have heard spoken of in a somewhat shrieky account. 1864Carlyle Fredk. Gt. xvi. vii. IV. 355 Be judicial,..not shrieky, mobbish, and flying off into the Infinite! 1871― in Mrs. Carlyle Lett. II. 328 Reciting or reading in a high shrieky tone. |