shriek英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A sharp, shrill outcry or scream; a shrill wild cry caused by sudden or extreme terror, pain, or the like.

— Shrieks, clamours, murmurs, fill the frighted town.
An exclamation mark. UK,slang

动词 v.

To utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry, as do some birds and beasts; to scream, as in a sudden fright, in horror or anguish. intransitive

— Feebly ſhe ſhriekt, but ſo feebly indeed / That Britomart heard not the ſhrilling ſound.
To utter sharply and shrilly; to utter in or with a shriek or shrieks. transitive

— The ghostly owl, shrieking his baleful note.

词形变化

shrieks plural shreek alternative,obsolete shrieks present,singular,third-person shrieking participle,present shrieked participle,past shrieked past shreek alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

近义词

shrill

衍生词

shriek owl ashriek outshriek shrieker shriekery shriekfest shrieking sixties shriekling shrieky

词源

词源 1

From obsolete shrick (1567), shreke, variants of earlier screak, skricke (before 1500), from Middle English scrycke, from a North Germanic/Scandinavian language (compare Swedish skrika, Danish skrige, Icelandic skríkja), from Proto-Germanic *skrīkijaną, *skrik- (compare English screech). More at screech.

词源 2

From obsolete shrick (1567), shreke, variants of earlier screak, skricke (before 1500), from Middle English scrycke, from a North Germanic/Scandinavian language (compare Swedish skrika, Danish skrige, Icelandic skríkja), from Proto-Germanic *skrīkijaną, *skrik- (compare English screech). More at screech.