单词 | squeaking |
释义 | squeakingn. The action of emitting or producing a squeak or squeaks. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > shrill quality > [noun] > thin and shrill sound > squeak squeakinga1616 squeak1805 squeaklet1832 squeakiness1846 squirk1902 pipsqueak1927 a1616 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice (1619) ii. v. 30 When you heare the drumme, And the vile squeaking of the wry-neckt Fife. 1655 H. More Antidote against Atheism (ed. 2) iii. xiv. 253 The squeaking and roaring of tortured Beasts. c1680 in F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (1907) II. 321 There was fine squeeking and squeeling for a minute or two. 1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch Lives (1851) I. 336/2 The squeaking of a rat..[was] heard. 1786 F. Burney Diary 25 Dec. (1842) III. 255 Now for the fiddlers!.. I..hear over and over again all that fine squeaking, and then fall fast asleep. 1820 W. Hazlitt Table-talk xxviii There is a mighty bustle at the door, a gibbering and squeaking in the lobbies. 1855 Poultry Chron. 3 536 It will save an incredible amount of..squeaking, harsh grating, dismal creaking. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2019). squeakingadj. 1. a. Of the nature of a squeak or squeaks; characterized by squeaking. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > shrill quality > [adjective] > thin and shrill > squeak squeaking1576 squeak1818 squeakyish1832 squeaky1862 1576 A. Fleming tr. Hippocrates in Panoplie Epist. 277 Among these people,..one..made a harsh squeaking noyse. ?1593 H. Chettle Kind-harts Dreame sig. C2 The one in a sweaking treble, the other in an ale-blowen base. a1704 T. Brown Oration in Praise Drunkenness in Wks. (1707) I. i. 54 The Drunkards Voice is Hoarse and Manly, not like the squeaking trills of an Eunuch. 1854 R. W. Emerson Soc. Aims in Wks. (1906) III. 176 It seems to require several generations of education to train a squeaking..habit out of a man. b. Of the voice: Thin and shrill. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [adjective] > squeaky squeaking1803 squeaky1862 1803 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 9 563 At an early period the voice was altered, and grew squeaking. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth viii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 196 Said Dwining, with his squeaking voice. 1878 W. A. Wright Note on Shakspere's Julius Caesar Notes 141 That ghosts had thin and squeaking voices was a belief in the time of Homer. 2. a. That squeaks; uttering squeaks. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > other vocal sounds > [adjective] > squeaking peeping1568 squeakinga1616 a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) v. ii. 216 And I shall see Some squeaking Cleopatra Boy my greatnesse. View more context for this quotation 1652 E. Benlowes Theophila v. viii. 68 Can squeaking Reeds sound forth the Organs full delight? 1682 J. Dryden Medall 3 The lowdest Bagpipe of the squeaking Train. c1760 T. Smollett Burlesque Ode 26 The squeaking pigs her bounty own'd. 1761 C. Churchill Apol. 17 Italian fathers thus, with barb'rous rage, Fit helpless infants for the squeaking stage. 1801 M. Edgeworth Forester in Moral Tales I. 130 The sound of a squeaking fiddle. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. iv. vii. 254 A fanfaronading hollow Spectrum and squeaking and gibbering Shadow. b. squeaking sand n. sand that gives out a short, high-pitched sound when disturbed. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > stony material > [noun] > sand > types of sea-sandc1220 black sand1536 gold sand1578 quicksand1641 iron sand1681 crag1735 Bude sand1808 musical sand1858 sounding sand1884 singing sand1897 squeaking sand1966 1966 Sedimentology VI. 136 A ‘squeaking’ sand was found by the writer in Gower, S. Wales and this has been used for comparison with the ‘booming’ sand of the desert. 1976 Nature 5 Feb. 368/2 The most common of the musical sediments is probably squeaking (otherwise known as singing, barking or whistling) sand which produces a high frequency note in the range 500–2,500 Hz. Derivatives ˈsqueakingly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > shrill quality > [adverb] > squeak squeakingly1611 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Greslement,..shrilly, or sq [u] eakingly. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew To Whine, to cry squeekingly, as at Conventicles. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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