caterwaul

/kat-er-wawl/US // ˈkæt ərˌwɔl //UK // (ˈkætəˌwɔːl) //

迎风招展,迎春花,迎风而上,迎客松

Definitions

v.无主动词 verb

1
- : to utter long wailing cries, as cats in rutting time.
- : to utter a similar sound; howl or screech.
- : to quarrel like cats.

n.名词 noun

1
Also cat·er·waul·ing.
- : the cry of a cat in rutting time.
- : any similar sound.

verbmake screeching, crying noise

Forms: caterwauled, caterwauling

Synonyms

Antonyms

They’d go to theaters and laugh at the clandestine caterwaul.
And so it happens that the people who caterwaul about America being weak in the world become the very people who make it weaker.
He acts as if he was at the p'int o' death, though folks a-dyin' don't gen'ally caterwaul like that.
It was terrific how hard it was for one of a wildcat heritage and habit to keep the caterwaul back and the claws muffled.
From the cat there rose suddenly a hideous caterwaul, that ceased abruptly; and then—too late—I snapped off the flashlight.
At once she began to meouw and caterwaul with all her might.
It reached the edge of the pool, spread out all its legs with a caterwaul of despair, and went headlong into the water.