caterwauling

英 [ˈkætəwɔːlɪŋ]

美 [ˈkætərwɔːlɪŋ]

v.  (猫)号叫
caterwaul的现在分词

现在分词：caterwauling　

柯林斯词典

• VERB (如猫一般)尖声怪叫，号叫
  If a person or animalcaterwauls, they make a loud, high, unpleasant noise like the noise that cats make when they fight.
  1. ...shrieking and caterwauling in mock distress.
     故作悲伤地尖叫
  2. Caterwaulis also a noun.
     
  3. ...blood-curdling caterwauls.
     令人毛骨悚然的尖叫

双语例句

• If I want to put my cat out, I will, and be damned to your curfew! You set off the Caterwauling Charm?
  如果我想把猫放出去，我自然要放，去你妈的什么宵禁！
• Do stop caterwauling, children!
  孩子们，别像猫似的乱叫！
• The caterwauling horns had reached a crescendo and I turned away and cut across the lawn toward home.
  汽车喇叭的尖声怪叫达到了高潮，于是我掉转身，穿过草地回家。