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单词 screech
释义 screech
I. \ˈskrēch\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
Etymology: alteration of earlier scritch, from Middle English scrichen; akin to Old Norse skrækja to screech — more at scream
intransitive verb
1. : to utter a high shrill piercing cry : make an outcry usually in terror or pain
2. : to make a sound resembling a screech
 < the driver applied his brakes … and the car screeched to a standstill — Bruce Marshall >
 < the gate screeched behind him — Nadine Gordimer >
transitive verb
: to utter with or as if with a screech
 < their voices screeching out the battle cries — T.B.Costain >
II. noun
(-es)
1. : a high very shrill piercing cry usually expressing extreme pain or terror
 < the voice was a strident screech torn from the lungs — Marcia Davenport >
2. : a sound resembling or having the effect of a screech
 < an earsplitting screech of brakes — Donald Windham >
 < the screech of fire sirens — H.A.Chippendale >
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