Word · Frequency #15185
screeches
刺耳声；尖厉声
screeches is the plural of screech.
A loud, harsh, high-pitched sound, such as that made by something moving against a surface.
- 1.
A high-pitched strident or piercing sound, such as that between a moving object and any surface.
高音调刺耳或尖锐的声音,如移动物体与表面之间的声音
- 2.
A harsh, shrill cry, as of one in acute pain or in fright; a shriek; a scream.
刺耳的尖叫声,如剧痛或惊吓时的叫声；尖叫；喊叫
- 3.
A form of home-made rye whiskey made from used oak rye barrels from a distillery.
用旧橡木黑麦桶自制的黑麦威士忌
尖叫声；惊叫声；自制黑麦威士忌；高音调刺耳或尖锐的声音,如移动物体与表面之间的声音；刺耳的尖叫声,如剧痛或惊吓时的叫声；尖叫；喊叫；用旧橡木黑麦桶自制的黑麦威士忌
In use
The sudden screech of the brakes startled everyone on the bus.
A high-pitched screech came from the old door when I opened it.
The owl's screech echoed through the forest at night.
Connections
Collocations
- a screech of brakes
- 刺耳的刹车声
- We heard a screech of brakes and then a loud crash.我们听到刺耳的刹车声，接着是巨大的碰撞声。
- let out a screech
- 发出一声尖叫
- She let out a screech when she saw the mouse.她看到老鼠时发出一声尖叫。
- with a screech
- 伴着刺耳声；尖叫着
- The old bus came to a stop with a screech.那辆旧公共汽车伴着刺耳声停了下来。
- a screech of laughter
- 一阵尖声大笑
- A screech of laughter came from the crowd at the clown's joke.小丑的笑话引来人群一阵尖声大笑。
- a piercing screech
- 刺耳的尖叫声
- A piercing screech announced the train's arrival.一声刺耳的尖叫声宣告火车到站。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆联想：试想 'screech' 音似'斯克里奇'，像车轮急刹或人受惊时发出的尖利长声。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：描写刹车或轮胎发出的刺耳声、描写人或动物的尖叫声、日常口语或文学叙述中 作为名词，screech 通常指尖锐刺耳的声音，多用于日常口语和文学描写，比较常见于描述刹车声、尖叫声等场景。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All six words end with the same stressed vowel and consonant sounds /iːtʃ/, so they rhyme with screech. Notice the sound is spelled 'each' in teach, beach, reach, preach, and breach, but 'eech' in speech (and in screech itself). Be careful: 'shriek' looks similar and has a related meaning, but it is pronounced /ʃriːk/ and does not rhyme; 'scratch' also looks similar but is /skrætʃ/.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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