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单词 squeakery
释义

squeakeryn.

Etymology: < squeak v. + -ery suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsqueakery.
Squeaking character or quality.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > shrill quality > [noun] > thin and shrill sound > squeak > quality
squeakery1826
1826 M. R. Mitford Our Village (1863) II. 377 It was the genuine man of puppets, the true squeakery, the ‘real Simon Pure’.
1834 W. Beckford Italy; with Sketches Spain & Portugal II. 222 All these virtuosi..were either contraltos of the softest note, or sopranos of the highest squeakery.
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