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exclaim

/ik-skleym/US // ɪkˈskleɪm //UK // (ɪkˈskleɪm) //

叹息,叹气,叹为观止,叹

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to cry out or speak suddenly and vehemently, as in surprise, strong emotion, or protest.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to cry out; say loudly or vehemently.

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Examples

  • Elizabeth exclaimed and she expertly piloted her truck through the puddle again, leaving a roiling wake in the water.

  • You have to watch the power gauge to nail the timing on your shot, which the narrator will confirm by exclaiming “Nice shot!”

  • We both held on tight, the otherworldly buzz of a thousand cicadas in our ears, as we took turns exclaiming how good it was to see each other.

  • After taking the electric truck for a spin, he exclaimed, “This sucker’s quick” to news cameras.

  • He would loudly exclaim, “I don’t know what I’m doing,” followed soon after by, “Er, checkmate.”

  • The idea of black Bond caused Limbaugh to exclaim on his show last week that Bond was “white and Scottish, period.”

  • Almost unanimously they would exclaim, “We need young people and fresh ideas in government!”

  • With the spoken word, we use our tone, inflection and volume to question, exclaim and convey our feelings.

  • They give him a sandwich, begin driving away, and the man slips back into his Walt Jr. voice to exclaim: "Have an A-1 day!"

  • So for Warren to exclaim that Rwandans have “figured out a way for people to live together in reconciliation” is, at best, naïve.

  • In case any reader should hastily exclaim, “What a ridiculous question; there can be only one southward!”

  • A butcher's boy, running against a gentleman with his tray, made him exclaim, "The deuce take the tray!"

  • The sight of the awful carnage affected even the warworn Marshal, and made him exclaim, "What a massacre!"

  • Ambiguity abounds everywhere and confounds everything; we are obliged at every word to exclaim, What do you mean?

  • I exclaim: How agreeable must it be to dwell underneath119 such a pure sky and in such a delightful abode!