scream
英[skri?m]
美[skrim]
- vi. 尖叫；呼嘯；發出尖銳刺耳的聲音；令人觸目驚心
- vt. 尖聲喊叫；大叫大嚷著要求
- n. 尖叫聲；尖銳刺耳的聲音；極其滑稽可笑的人
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?screams;過去式:?screamed;過去分詞:?screamed;現在分詞:?screaming;
助記提示
1. s‐蛇，奶油蛋糕中鉆出來的蛇 => 被嚇了一大跳 => 尖叫。
英文詞源
- scream (v.)
- late 12c., scr?men, of uncertain origin, similar to words in Scandinavian, Dutch, German, and Flemish (such as Old Norse skr?ma "to terrify, scare," Swedish scrana "to scream," Dutch schreijen "cry aloud, shriek," Old High German scrian, German schreien "to cry"). Related: Screamed; screaming. Screaming meemies is World War I army slang, originally a soldiers' name for a type of German artillery shell that made a loud noise in flight (from French woman's name Mimi), extended to the battle fatigue caused by long exposure to enemy fire.
- scream (n.)
- mid-15c., from scream (v.).
And (as they say) lamentings heard i' th' Ayre; Strange Schreemes of Death. ["Macbeth," II.iii.61]
Shakespeare's spelling probably reflects "sk-" as spelled in words from Latin (such as school); he also has schreene for screen. Slang meaning "something that evokes a cry of laughter" is 1888; screamer in this sense is from 1831.
雙語例句
- 1. There was a scream of brakes from the carriageway outside.
- 外面車行道上傳來刺耳的剎車聲。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. His mouth was a little open, as if he'd started to scream.
- 他的嘴微微張開,似乎是要開始尖叫.
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Lou prattled on about various trivialities till I wanted to scream.
- 盧就各種芝麻小事嘮叨個沒完，后來我煩得都想尖叫了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. She wanted to scream, but her vocal cords seemed paralysed.
- 她想尖叫，但她的聲帶好像不聽使喚了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Its headlines were suitably downbeat and don't scream out.
- 其標題平淡無奇而非觸目驚心，非常得體。
來自柯林斯例句