单词 | bawl |
释义 | bawl (bɔːl ) Word forms: bawls , bawling , bawled 1. verb If you bawl, you shout in a very loud voice, for example because you are angry or you want people to hear you. When I came back to the hotel Laura and Peter were shouting and bawling at each other. [VERB + at] Then a voice bawled: 'Lay off! I'll kill you, you little rascal!' [VERB with quote] He tried to direct the video like a fashion show, bawling instructions to the girls. [VERB noun] Synonyms: shout, call, scream, roar Bawl out means the same as bawl. Someone in the audience bawled out 'Not him again!' [VERB PARTICLE with quote] 2. verb If you say that a child is bawling, you are annoyed because it is crying loudly. One of the toddlers was bawling, and the other had a runny nose. [VERB] ...a bawling baby. [VERB-ing] Synonyms: cry, weep, sob, wail Phrasal verbs: bawl out 1. phrasal verb If someone bawls you out, they shout at you angrily because you have done something wrong. [informal] Do you think I'm just going to bawl you out and that'll be an end of it? [VERB noun PARTICLE] 2. See also bawl [sense 1] |
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