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caterwauling

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

饮食

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 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. 1

    Also cat·er·waul·ing.

    • : the cry of a cat in rutting time.
    • : any similar sound.

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Examples

  • On The View, while she leads the show, she sat apart from the more hysterical caterwauling and general idiocy around her.

  • Another shovels strings of rubber bands into his mouth like spaghetti, provoking more caterwauling from the judges.

  • This is just too much, all this babyish caterwauling from Mitch McConnell.

  • To be sure, there was plenty of Democratic caterwauling about the Reagan budget.

  • Deaf Old Gentleman (seated by piano, talking to pretty girl)—I'd rather listen to you than hear this caterwauling.

  • From inside came the rare sound of water splashing, mixed with a wheezing, off-key caterwauling.

  • The night was still, save for a love-sick panther somewhere on the mountain, a-caterwauling under the June stars.

  • Another South American breed is said to be free from the hideous “caterwauling” of the ordinary cat.

  • The voices are filled with night—black hollow gloomy night or else they are as strident as the caterwauling of a Tom Cat.