| 单词 | squawk |
| 释义 | squawk /skwɔːk $ skwɒːk/ verb [intransitive, transitive] 1. HBPSOUNDif a bird squawks, it makes a loud sharp angry sound 〔鸟〕发出响亮刺耳的怒叫声2. informalCOMPLAIN to complain loudly and angrily 气愤地大声抱怨 —squawk noun [countable]→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpussquawk• Meanwhile the colt galloped back and forth behind him, and the parakeets squawked.• Outside, single shouts sounded - a threatening growl from several voices together - hens squawking.• Pause at a rest stop and huge black birds crack the air with their squawking.• Birds squawked and exploded out of the crops.• Our laughter caused birds roosting in the garden to squawk and take flight.• They squawked that Jack was robbing them again, taking away their chance to make a big tourist dollar.• I'd just squawked the new transponder code when I saw a helicopter ahead at two o'clock.• The harsh, squawking voices of the gulls echoed between the channel walls.• The parakeet began to squawk when I walked in.Origin squawk (1800-1900) From the soundsquawk verbChinese Corpus it bird loud squawks, if a a makes |
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