the cackling of sth
常与 of 连用，说明发出咯咯声的动物或人群；多作不可数名词。
The cackling of the hens woke me at dawn.
母鸡的咯咯叫声在黎明时把我吵醒了。
咯咯声；尖笑声
咯咯叫的声音。
a cackling sound
咯咯叫的声音。
A sound that cackles.
The hen's cackling woke me up early in the morning.
母鸡的咯咯叫声一大早就把我吵醒了。
用法提示：此处“cackling”作为名词，表示母鸡发出的咯咯叫声。
We could hear the witch's cackling from inside the house.
我们能听到女巫从房子里传出的刺耳笑声。
用法提示：此处“cackling”作为名词，表示人的刺耳笑声。
The cackling from the audience distracted the performer.
观众发出的咯咯笑声分散了表演者的注意力。
用法提示：此处“cackling”作为名词，表示笑声，用作主语。
常与 of 连用，说明发出咯咯声的动物或人群；多作不可数名词。
The cackling of the hens woke me at dawn.
母鸡的咯咯叫声在黎明时把我吵醒了。
用 burst、fit 等量词可数出短促的一阵声响，复数形式为 cacklings。
A burst of cackling came from the henhouse.
鸡舍里传来一阵咯咯的叫声。
from 引出声音的来源，既可指禽类，也可指哄笑的人群。
There was loud cackling from the back row.
后排传来响亮的咯咯笑声。
grammar · medium
易错句子Cackling of the geese woke me up at dawn.
正确表达The cackling of the geese woke me up at dawn.
这里的 cackling 是不可数名词，后面跟 of the geese 这一限定短语表示特指，整个名词短语前必须加定冠词 the；汉语没有冠词系统，学习者容易直接省略。补上 the 后短语才明确指那群鹅的叫声，句子才成立。
grammar · medium
易错句子The cackling of the geese were so loud that I couldn't sleep.
正确表达The cackling of the geese was so loud that I couldn't sleep.
谓语动词的数由主语中心词决定：中心词是不可数名词 cackling，所以要用单数 was；of the geese 只是后置修饰语，其中复数 geese 不决定谓语形式。汉语动词没有主谓一致变化，学习者常被紧挨着的复数名词误导。
cackling 指响亮、急促、刺耳的咯咯声，母鸡下蛋后或人尖笑时常用；clucking 是较低、较柔、重复的母鸡叫声或咂嘴声，不强调尖亮。
cackling 声音更尖、更响、更刺耳，可指母鸡叫或难听的笑声；chuckling 是压低声音、较克制的轻笑，通常表示觉得好笑。
cackling 是短促刺耳的咯咯声或尖笑声，来自鸟或人的喉咙；crackling 是连续清脆的爆裂或噼啪声，多来自火、干枝或电器。
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