caterwauling是什么意思？

caterwauling

英['kətəˌwɔ:lɪŋ] 美['kətəˌwɔlɪŋ]

• n. &adj. 猫叫春声，哀诉声，抱怨声叫春似的；
• v. 叫春，发尖叫声，（象猫一样地）吵架（ caterwaul的现在分词 ）；

例句

• Do stop caterwauling, children! 孩子们,别像猫似的乱叫!
• And then there came, mingling with his half - formed dreams , a most melancholy caterwauling. 后来在他迷迷糊糊 、 似睡非睡的状态中,从外面传来一阵非常凄惨的猫儿叫春的声音.
• ...shrieking and caterwauling in mock distress. 故作悲伤地尖叫

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