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skirl

/skurl/US // skɜrl //UK // (skɜːl, Scottish skɪrl) //

漩涡,旋风,涡流,涡旋

Related Words

blare轰轰烈烈,轰鸣声,吼叫声,轰鸣声响起hiss嘶嘶声,嘶嘶,咝咝声,嘶sound声音,声响,音响,音效signal信号,信号灯,信号显示,信号的whine发牢骚,抱怨,抱怨声,发牢骚的人warble争吵,翘辫子,争论,争吵声pipe管道,管子,管,管管toot嘟嘟,嘟,嘟嘟声,嘟嘴whiz咝咝声,咝咝声响,咝咝作响,呼呼wheeze喘息,喘息声,喘气,呼噜声blast爆炸,爆炸声,爆炸事件,爆破shriek尖叫声,惨叫声,尖叫,嘶吼声fife费城,费城人,夫,费城人的trill颤音,颤动,颤抖,颤振tootle嘟嘟,齿形,齿状图flute笛子,长笛,笛声,箫

Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to play the bagpipe.
    • : Scot. and North England. to shriek.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the sound of a bagpipe.
    • : Scot. and North England. any shrill sound.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inwhistle
Forms: skirled, skirling, skirls
Synonyms
blare轰轰烈烈,轰鸣声,吼叫声,轰鸣声响起hiss嘶嘶声,嘶嘶,咝咝声,嘶blast爆炸,爆炸声,爆炸事件,爆破fife费城,费城人,夫,费城人的flute笛子,长笛,笛声,箫pipe管道,管子,管,管管shriek尖叫声,惨叫声,尖叫,嘶吼声signal信号,信号灯,信号显示,信号的sound声音,声响,音响,音效toot嘟嘟,嘟,嘟嘟声,嘟嘴tootle嘟嘟,齿形,齿状图trill颤音,颤动,颤抖,颤振warble争吵,翘辫子,争论,争吵声wheeze喘息,喘息声,喘气,呼噜声whine发牢骚,抱怨,抱怨声,发牢骚的人whiz咝咝声,咝咝声响,咝咝作响,呼呼

Examples

  • A roll of a drum and the skirl of a fife came wafting across the valley on the April breeze.

  • His shout was dim under the hoot and skirl of wind: "If ye like it so well down here, then help us bail!"

  • The skirl of bagpipes shrilled from without—that exotic, half-barbarous sound now coming intimately into her life.

  • A swarm of mosquitoes buzzed in the glare thrown by the lamp with a shrill, attenuated sound like the skirl of far-away bagpipes.

  • And he himsel' looked round on me, like the devil he is; and, wi' a skirl o' a laugh, he strikes the lantern out o' my hand.

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