caterwaul是什么意思？

caterwaul

英[ˈkætəwɔ:l] 美[ˈkætərwɔl]

• n. 猫叫春声，刺耳的尖叫声；
• vi. 叫春，发尖叫声，（象猫一样地）吵架；

第三人称单数：caterwauls;

过去式：caterwauled;

过去分词：caterwauled;

现在分词：caterwauling;

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  (如猫一般)尖声怪叫，号叫
  If a person or animal caterwauls, they make a loud, high, unpleasant noise like the noise that cats make when they fight.
  例句
  ...shrieking and caterwauling in mock distress. 故作悲伤地尖叫

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. the yowling sound made by a cat in heat
• Verb
  1. utter shrieks, as of cats