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bawling

/bawl/US // bɔl //UK // (bɔːl) //

嚎啕大哭,啕大哭,嚎叫,哀嚎

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to cry or wail lustily.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to utter or proclaim by outcry; shout out: to bawl one's dissatisfaction; bawling his senseless ditties to the audience.
    • : to offer for sale by shouting, as a hawker: a peddler bawling his wares.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a loud shout; outcry.
    • : a period or spell of loud crying or weeping.
    • : Chiefly Midland and Western U.S. the noise made by a calf.
  1. 1
    • : bawl out, Informal. to scold vociferously; reprimand or scold vigorously: Your father will bawl you out when he sees this mess.

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Examples

  • Lugging her trophy, the bawling girl wobbled down the ramp into the arms of her beaming family and boyfriend.

  • “She called me bawling her eyes out,” said Laughlin in a recent interview.

  • As she spoke, small yelps filled the room: It was Jackson, bawling— howling—into his linen napkin.

  • It affected Bud unpleasantly, just as the incessant bawling of a band of weaning calves used to do.

  • "Chinese labour," yelled a voice, and across the square swept a wildfire of booting and bawling.

  • Eight men marched one evening into Llanyglo, bawling a bawdy chorus, with Sam Kerr showing the way.

  • Long before we came in sight of the twin tents we heard a deep voice bawling our names.

  • Even to his practiced hand the restoration of order was not easy; but by dint of much bawling and pounding he subdued the uproar.