| 单词 | caterwaul |
| 释义 | caterwaul (once / 28075 pages) vn A caterwaul is a yowl, shriek, or loud cry. If you've ever heard two cats fighting, you know what a caterwaul sounds like. While a caterwaul can be made by a person, it's more likely the wailing sound that a distressed or fighting animal makes. To make this sound is to caterwaul — it's both a noun and verb. Cats are, in fact, the animal best known to caterwaul, and the word is believed to come from the German katerwaulen, "cry like a cat," or possibly the Middle Dutch cater, "tomcat," and Middle English waul, "yowl." WORD FAMILYcaterwaul: caterwauled, caterwauling, caterwauls USAGE EXAMPLESThe final two slots provide potential intrigue that would bring certain caterwauling. Washington Post(Nov 29, 2016) Often, in a single comment, someone yells at Belamire for complaining about an “unreal” groping and then caterwauls about some forthcoming Orwellian regime in gaming. Salon(Nov 11, 2016) The forecast called for high caterwauling all around. Washington Post(Oct 30, 2016) 1v utter shrieks, as of cats Syn|Hyper yowl pipe, pipe up, shriek, shrill utter a shrill cry 2n the yowling sound made by a cat Hyper cry the characteristic utterance of an animal |
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