Squeak
[skwiːk] or [skwik]
解释:
(v. i.) To utter a sharp, shrill cry, usually of short duration; to cry with an acute tone, as an animal; or, to make a sharp, disagreeable noise, as a pipe or quill, a wagon wheel, a door; to creak.
(v. i.) To break silence or secrecy for fear of pain or punishment; to speak; to confess.
(n.) A sharp, shrill, disagreeable sound suddenly utered, either of the human voice or of any animal or instrument, such as is made by carriage wheels when dry, by the soles of leather shoes, or by a pipe or reed.
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解释:
v.i. to utter a shrill and usually short cry.—n. a sudden shrill cry.—v.i. Squawk to utter a harsh cry: (U.S.) to back out in a mean way.—n. a loud squeak.—n. Squeak′er one who squeaks: a young bird.—adv. Squeak′ingly.—A narrow squeak a narrow escape.
录入:斯科特
例句:
- Do you not know that the squeak of the real pig is no more relished now than it was in days of yore? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- Be a mouse again, and squeak. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Although he suffers from a cold, We joy to hear him speak, For words of wisdom from him fall, In spite of croak or squeak. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- On one occasion poor Captain Roberts, who happened to come in later than FitzClarence, got nothing but bubble-and-squeak in the dog-days. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- It was dark now and the snow squeaked under our boots. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
- I'll thank you to pass me another bottle of this bad claret, squeaked out Croker; for I must be candid enough to say that I like it much. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- I will not hear it, I say, squeaked out Jos at the top of his voice, and, gathering up his dressing-gown, he was gone. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- It was Bartlemy time when I was shopped; and there warn't a penny trumpet in the fair, as I couldn't hear the squeaking on. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
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