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单词 cackle
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cackle

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Birdscacklecack‧le1 /ˈkækəl/ verb [intransitive]  1 LAUGHto laugh in a loud unpleasant way, making short high soundssee thesaurus at laugh2 HBBSOUNDwhen a chicken cackles, it makes a loud high sound→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpuscackle"Oh we've got him now!" I cackled, dancing round the room.She is apt to cackle evilly.In telling it, he cackled like a corncrake and waved his arms about.When I said this, he started cackling like a madman.He kept laughing, cackling, making wild, insane remarks.A police car radio cackled raucously.The hens clambered in, cackling with delight and greed. cacklecackle2 noun [countable]  1 a loud high sound that a chicken makescluck2 LAUGHa short high unpleasant laughExamples from the CorpuscackleThere was a cackle from the old lady. "I know what you're after."And finally, there are the ones that seem little more than a cue for a really good cackle.How would you put his cackle in print or produce that grin with parentheses and colons?loud cackles of amusementNor, it must be said, a hoot, chuckle, chortle, crow or cackle.Spider let out a weird high-pitched cackle that scared Miguel.In his classes, he subjected students to the cackles of mechanical laugh boxes to test their reactions.Origin cackle1 (1100-1200) From the sound
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