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keening

/kee-ning/US // ˈki nɪŋ //

咆哮声,咆哮,欢呼声,咆哮的声音

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of a person who keens.
    • : a wailing lament for the dead; keen.

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Examples

  • How many hours of keening sports commentary would be unleashed, from fans and performatively enraged pundits alike, about not sacrificing for the greater good and the promise of glory.

  • She crinkles her brow and then, on cue, she emits a keening howl.

  • But nothing they essayed could fully drown out the keening of their lust to return to high office.

  • A wounded woman sat keening on the ground, clasping the body of her dead child in her arms.

  • It rose again a few seconds later as if baffled, but it continued to hover at that point, keening forth its warning.

  • I watched the tracking screen, listened to the high keening noises coming from the receivers.

  • Keening in from the lake, the wind made him stagger backwards.

  • The neighbours keening along with me would be better to me than an estate.

  • "It is the wild Irish women keening over their dead," he remarked, with perfect unconcern.