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单词 scream
释义 scream
I. \ˈskrēm\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English scremen; akin to Middle Dutch schreem screech, Flemish schreemen to scream, Old Saxon skrikon to screech, Old Saxon & Old High German scrīan to scream, yell, Old Norse skrækja to shriek, screech, skraumi screamer, and perhaps to Old English hræfn raven — more at raven
intransitive verb
1.
 a.
  (1) : to voice a sudden sharp loud cry
   < screamed and fainted — Louis Bromfield >
   < screamed with amusement — Marcia Davenport >
   < children fight and scream … in the streets — Sherwood Anderson >
  (2) : to produce harsh and unpleasant high-pitched musical tones
   < even a prima donna has been known to scream occasionally >
   < horns screamed, and flutes wailed — John Blofeld >
 b. : to make an outburst of noise resembling a scream : move with a screaming sound
  < the wind rose and screamed through the streets — H.E.Rieseberg >
  < brilliant blue kingfishers scream at intruders — American Guide Series: Louisiana >
  < a jet screamed out of the cushion of the gray cotton sky — Saturday Review >
2. : to speak or write with expressions of intense hysterical emotion : make violent protestations or demands
 < growing industries … are screaming for water — Time >
 < travelers … screamed loud and long at the shipping lines — New York Times >
 < papers scream to the heavens about … troops along their borders — Atlantic >
3. : to produce a vivid, blatant, or startling effect like a scream
 < framed in garish red, a bold black headline screamed — Paul Hofmann >
 < the obviousness … fairly screams at the reader who is surely ready by now for profounder insights — New Republic >
transitive verb
1.
 a. : to utter with or as if with a scream
  < a newsboy in the street below began to scream an extra — F.V.W.Mason >
  < screamed that she was drowning — George Meredith >
 b. : to sing harshly and unpleasantly especially at high pitch
  < vocally delivered … although some of the second-act music was screamedMusical Digest >
2. : to demand or protest as if in a screaming voice : blare forth
 < artists … write letters tot he newspapers screaming that they are being snubbed — Francis Steegmuller >
 < headlines screamed the news all over the Union — Atlantic >
 < been screaming to go into show business — Myles MacSweeney >
II. noun
(-s)
1.
 a. : a sudden loud sharp penetrating cry usually expressing anger, terror, pain, or sometimes hysterical merriment
  < her screams filled the air as she turned and fled >
 b. : a sound resembling or having the effect of a scream
  < the crows come flapping with their screams — Thomas Vance >
  < the shrill scream of … saws and the odor of fresh cedar wood — American Guide Series: Oregon >
2. : one that provokes screams of mirth
 < the instructions are a scream from start to finish — Margaret Lane >
 < what a scream he was on a party — Ring Lardner >
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