shrill [ ʃril] a.尖声的 vt.尖声地叫
shrill [ ʃril] adj．尖锐的、剌耳的
{adj: piercing, shrill, sharp} having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones
"piercing screams"
"a shrill whistle"
" a shrill gaiety"
{adj: screaming, screeching, shrieking} loud and sustained; shrill and piercing
"hordes of screaming fans"
"a screaming jet plane"
"a screaming fury of sound"
"a screeching parrot"
"screeching brakes"
"a horde of shrieking fans"
"shrieking winds"
{adj: shrieked} uttered in a shrill scream as of pain or terror
{adj: shrilling} continuous and piercing
"clashing swords and shrilling trumpets"
{adj: shrill} of colors that are bright and gaudy
"a shrill turquoise"
{adj: strident, shrill} being sharply insistent on being heard
"strident demands"
"shrill criticism"
{adj: toned} having or characterized or distinguished by tone or a specific tone; often used in combination
"full-toned"
"shrill-toned"
"deep-toned"
{adv: shrilly, piercingly} in a shrill voice
"she sang rather shrilly"
{n: cackler} a hen that has just laid an egg and emits a shrill squawk
{n: clarion} a medieval brass instrument with a clear shrill tone
{n: feebleness, tenuity} the quality of lacking intensity or substance
"a shrill yet sweet tenuity of voice"- Nathaniel Hawthorne
{n: fife} a small high-pitched flute similar to a piccolo; has a shrill tone and is used chiefly to accompany drums in a marching band
{n: katydid} large green long-horned grasshopper of North America; males produce shrill sounds by rubbing together special organs on the forewings
{n: shrilling} a continuing shrill noise
"the clash of swords and the shrilling of trumpets"--P. J. Searles
{n: spring peeper, Hyla crucifer} a small brown tree toad having a shrill call heard near wetlands of eastern United States and Canada in early spring
{n: stridulation} a shrill grating or chirping noise made by some insects by rubbing body parts together
{n: voice} the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
"A shrill voice sounded behind us"
{n: whistle} acoustic device that forces air or steam against an edge or into a cavity and so produces a loud shrill sound
{v: chirk} make a shrill creaking, squeaking, or noise, as of a door, mouse, or bird
{v: crow} utter shrill sounds
"The cocks crowed all morning"
{v: shriek, shrill, pipe up, pipe} utter a shrill cry
{v: skirl} make a shrill, wailing sound
"skirling bagpipes"
{v: stridulate, clitter} make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures
"male insects such as crickets or grasshoppers stridulate"
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