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shrill

/shril/US // ʃrɪl //UK // (ʃrɪl) //

尖锐的,尖锐,尖锐的声音,尖利的

Related Words

earsplitting震耳欲聋的,震耳欲聋,震耳欲聋的声音,震耳的声音piercing穿刺,穿孔,刺穿,穿透性raucous聒噪的,喧闹的,聒噪,聒噪的声音deafening震耳欲聋的,震耳欲聋,振聋发聩,振聋发聩的sharp尖锐,犀利,尖锐的,锐利discordant不和谐的,不和谐,不和谐的声音,不和strident尖锐的,尖锐,强硬的,尖锐的声音noisy嘈杂,喧闹,吵闹,嘈杂的treble高音,高音部,高音的,高音质penetrating通透的,透彻的,穿透力强,穿透力强的blaring轰轰烈烈,轰隆隆,轰轰作响,轰鸣的piping管道,管线,铺设管道,管子thin薄,单薄,薄薄的,细clanging铿锵有力,叮叮当当,铿锵作响,铿锵screeching尖叫声,刺耳的声音,尖叫,惨叫声acute急性,急症,急性病,急剧blatant公然的,公然,明目张胆的,明目张胆cacophonous闹哄哄的,闹哄哄,嘈杂的声音,嘈杂声high高,很高,高度,较高metallic金属,金属质感,金属的,金属光泽

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    shrill·er, shrill·est.

    • : high-pitched and piercing in sound quality: a shrill cry.
    • : producing such a sound.
    • : full of or characterized by such a sound: shrill music.
    • : betraying some strong emotion or attitude in an exaggerated amount, as antagonism or defensiveness.
    • : marked by great intensity; keen: the shrill, incandescent light of the exploding bomb.
  1. 1
    • : to cry shrilly.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a shrill sound.
adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : in a shrill manner; shrilly.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.high-pitched, harsh in sound
Synonyms
deafening震耳欲聋的,震耳欲聋,振聋发聩,振聋发聩的discordant不和谐的,不和谐,不和谐的声音,不和earsplitting震耳欲聋的,震耳欲聋,震耳欲聋的声音,震耳的声音noisy嘈杂,喧闹,吵闹,嘈杂的piercing穿刺,穿孔,刺穿,穿透性raucous聒噪的,喧闹的,聒噪,聒噪的声音sharp尖锐,犀利,尖锐的,锐利strident尖锐的,尖锐,强硬的,尖锐的声音blaring轰轰烈烈,轰隆隆,轰轰作响,轰鸣的clanging铿锵有力,叮叮当当,铿锵作响,铿锵penetrating通透的,透彻的,穿透力强,穿透力强的piping管道,管线,铺设管道,管子screeching尖叫声,刺耳的声音,尖叫,惨叫声thin薄,单薄,薄薄的,细treble高音,高音部,高音的,高音质acute急性,急症,急性病,急剧argute争论,论证,辩论,辩解blatant公然的,公然,明目张胆的,明目张胆cacophonous闹哄哄的,闹哄哄,嘈杂的声音,嘈杂声clangorous铿锵有力,铿锵有力的,铿锵有声,铿锵有力的声音ear-piercing穿耳式,刺耳,刺耳的,穿耳high高,很高,高度,较高metallic金属,金属质感,金属的,金属光泽

Examples

  • Unfortunately, the right’s shrill complaints about cancel culture obscure this far more present and complex problem.

  • Hearing them without describing them as shrill or hysterical has proved to be a separate, but equally daunting, task.

  • Memes have moved on from kitsch and community-forming to shrill and preachy.

  • In the city, where the songbirds have to compete with cars, barking dogs, and construction, their calls were louder and more shrill.

  • Behind a chorus of shrill insects, the pops of gunfire can sometimes be heard in the distance.

  • “When I was doing press for Whitney, critics were commenting on my appearance, saying I was shrill, saying I was needy,” she says.

  • We're so used to seeing in sitcoms the same relationship: the naggy, shrill wife who's constantly bickering with her husband.

  • The noise in the stadium grew for every point he won, but the points he lost were greeted with shrill, desperate screams.

  • Her voice was shrill with disbelief and choked with grief as she spoke to someone on her cell phone in Fujianese.

  • Robert uttered a shrill, piercing whistle which might have been heard back at the wharf.

  • "God bless 'ee, Missy," cried the old man in the shrill cracked voice of age, as he pressed up to the carriage window.

  • "Come in," said a Cockney voice shrill with youth, in answer to her tap; and the child obeyed.

  • "I shall feed no Yankees," cried a shrill voice, and a young lady flounced out of the door, her face red with anger.

  • As they came trooping in, and tumbled into their seats, Letty Barford called out, in a shrill voice.

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