| 单词 | scream out |
| 释义 | scream out —scream /skriːm/ noun [C] (NOISE) ► B1 a loud, high sound you make when very frightened, excited, or angry: » a scream of pain/rage/joy/laughter» No one heard their screams.» She let out a piercing/shrill scream.Thesaurus+: ↑Shouting and screamingnoun [C] INFORMAL (FUN) ► F0 a person, thing, or situation that is very funny: » Jane's such a scream - her jokes have me in stitches.Thesaurus+: ↑Humour and humorousverb (GET ATTENTION) ↑Verb Endings for scream ► F0 [I] (ALSO scream out) If a word or image screams (out), it gets attention because it is very big or easy to notice: » 'Royal Plane Disaster!' screamed the newspaper headlines the next day.Thesaurus+: ↑Apparent and obvious , ↑Visibleverb (MAKE NOISE) ↑Verb Endings for scream B1 [I or T] to cry or say something loudly and usually on a high note, especially because of strong emotions such as fear, excitement, or anger: » A spider landed on her pillow and she screamed.» Through the smoke, the rescuers could hear people screaming for help.» He was screaming in/with pain and begging for anaesthetic.» They screamed with laughter at her jokes.» Ken screamed (out) a warning telling people to get out of the way.» Mrs Brown screamed (= shouted angrily) at Joel for dropping the test-tube.» I've never found screaming (and shouting) (= shouting angrily) at my staff to be very effective.» [+ speech] "I wish you were dead!" she screamed (= shouted angrily).» I tried to apologize, but he just screamed abuse/obscenities at me.Thesaurus+: ↑Shouting and screamingF0 [I + adv/prep] If a vehicle screams, it moves very quickly making a loud high sound: » The cars screamed round the bend/past the spectators.Thesaurus+: ↑Sounds made by objects, movement or impactF0 [I] to make a loud, high sound: » The ambulance raced round the corner with its tyres screaming.Thesaurus+: ↑Sounds made by objects, movement or impact• • • Extra Examples:» "Freeze or I'll shoot!" screamed the gunman.» He showed us a snake and Milly screamed.» He was greeted by an army of screaming teenagers.» I heard a woman in the house opposite screaming for help.» The audience screamed their appreciation.verb (NOT ATTRACTIVE) ↑Verb Endings for scream ► F0 [I] If you say that two colours are screaming at each other, you think that they do not look attractive or pleasant together: » You can't wear that pink jacket with your orange skirt. They'll just scream at each other.Thesaurus+: ↑Not attractive to look at , ↑Serious and unpleasant |
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