squawk

英 [skwɔːk]

美 [skwɔːk]

v.  发出刺耳的尖叫声; 尖声高叫; 怒声叫嚷; 吃惊地尖声说话
n.  （尤指鸟受惊时）粗厉的叫声

过去式：squawked　现在分词：squawking　复数：squawks　第三人称单数：squawks　过去分词：squawked　

TEM8

BNC.20550 / COCA.16283

牛津词典

verb

• 发出刺耳的尖叫声
  to make a loud sharp sound
  1. The parrot squawked and flew away.
     鹦鹉尖声叫了叫飞走了。
• 尖声高叫；怒声叫嚷；吃惊地尖声说话
  to speak or make a noise in a loud, sharp voice because you are angry, surprised, etc.
  1. ‘You did what?!’ she squawked.
     “你干了什么？！”她惊叫道。

柯林斯词典

• VERB (鸟)发出响亮而粗厉的叫声
  When a birdsquawks, it makes a loud harsh noise.
  1. I threw pebbles at the hens, and that made them jump and squawk.
     我朝母鸡扔卵石，吓得它们乱跳乱叫。
  2. Squawkis also a noun.
     
  3. A mallard suddenly took wing, rising steeply into the air with an angry squawk.
     一只绿头鸭突然飞起，愤怒地尖鸣一声直冲天空。
• VERB (人)大声抱怨，粗声抗议
  If a personsquawks, they complain loudly, often in a high-pitched, harsh tone.
  1. Mr Arbor squawked that the deal was a double-cross...
     阿伯先生大声抱怨说这笔交易是个骗局。
  2. 'Wait for me!' Melanie squawked. 'I'm not staying here alone.'
     “等等我！”梅拉尼粗声抗议道，“我不想一个人呆在这里。”
  3. Squawkis also a noun.
     
  4. She gave a loud squawk when the water was poured on her.
     水泼到她身上时，她大叫了一声。

英英释义

noun

• informal terms for objecting
  1. I have a gripe about the service here
  Synonym:gripekickbeefbitch
• the noise of squawking
  1. she awoke to the squawk of chickens
  2. the squawk of car horns

verb

• complain
  1. What was he hollering about?
  Synonym:gripebitchgrousecrabbeefbellyacheholler
• utter a harsh abrupt scream
  Synonym:screakskreakskreighscreech

双语例句

• One afternoon, when Otis was telling of the great dangers he had faced, the ducks began to squawk frantically.
  一天下午，当奥蒂斯讲他曾面对的最可怕的危险时，鸭子们都开始使劲儿地呱呱叫起来。
• An operation number is required. Enter an operation number and try again. I've lost your squawk once again, would you recycle ( reset) 3112?
  需要一个操作编号。输入操作编号后再试一次。再次失去你的应答机编码，请重调编码3112。
• Mr Arbor squawked that the deal was a double-cross
  阿伯先生大声抱怨说这笔交易是个骗局。
• He saw people as puppets, controlled by some pitiless force much as he, in boyhood, had controlled his own marionettes in his toy theatre, making Mr Punch jibber and squawk in nonsense-language.
  他把人看作是木偶，由某种无情的力量操控，就象他自己孩提时代在玩具店里摆弄木偶一样，让Mr.Punch说些没头没尾的话。
• At once we hear the drums and the squawk of trumpets.
  我们便立刻听到了鼓声和刺耳的喇叭声。
• Read you 2. There is a squawk ( squealingshrill) sound when you transmit.
  听你声音2个。你发射时有个尖叫声。
• It happened first in the stock market, and now it's happening in the bond market& the last holdouts still talking on their squawk boxes.
  他最早应用在股票市场，现在也应用在了证券市场-一些坚持者仍然通过对讲机进行交流。
• I threw pebbles at the hens, and that made them jump and squawk.
  我朝母鸡扔卵石，吓得它们乱跳乱叫。
• But they start dancing and flapping their arms like clucking chickens and as the chorus starts, the language of the lyrics sound mostly like barnyard noises as they squawk.
  可是这些女舞者却像一群咯咯叫的小鸡一样跳着挥舞手臂。副歌部分一开始，大部分歌词听起来就像是农场里受惊时的小鸡发出的噪音。
• Then a quick squawk as the connection was broken.
  然后卡嗒一声电话就挂断了。