screech to a halt
多形容车辆急刹车,也可说事情突然中止;halt 前常加 a。
The taxi screeched to a halt outside the station.
出租车在车站外嘎然停下。
发出刺耳声响;尖叫
screeches — third person singular of screech
疾驶;呼啸前行;发出这样的声音;高速行驶(发出尖啸声);尖声讲;发出尖声
To make a loud, harsh, high-pitched sound.
发出这样的声音
To make such a sound.
高速行驶(发出尖啸声)
To travel very fast, as if making the sound of a car that is driving too fast.
一般现在时
The owl screeches at night.
猫头鹰在夜晚尖叫。
现在进行时
The brakes are screeching.
刹车正在发出刺耳声。
一般过去时
She screeched in fear.
她恐惧地尖叫。
规则动词,表示尖声叫喊或发出刺耳声。
The car's brakes screeched as it came to a sudden stop.
汽车突然停下时,刹车发出刺耳的声音。
用法提示:screeched是动词过去式,表示发出尖声,这里描述刹车声。
A parrot screeched loudly from its cage, startling the visitors.
一只鹦鹉在笼子里大声尖叫,吓了游客一跳。
用法提示:screeched是动词过去式,表示发出尖叫声,这里描述鸟叫。
She always screeches when she sees a spider.
她看到蜘蛛时总是尖叫。
用法提示:screeches是动词第三人称单数,表示发出尖声,这里描述人的尖叫。
多形容车辆急刹车,也可说事情突然中止;halt 前常加 a。
The taxi screeched to a halt outside the station.
出租车在车站外嘎然停下。
表示人或动物冲着某个对象发出尖锐的叫声,用介词 at 引出对象。
The monkeys screeched at us from the trees.
猴子在树上冲我们尖叫。
用 with 说明尖叫的原因,常见搭配有 laughter、pain、delight 等。
The children screeched with laughter.
孩子们尖声大笑。
常指人或动物因惊恐或疼痛发出的尖叫声,语气与 screech 最接近;也可形容刺耳的汽笛或金属声。
更常用的通用词,可表达恐惧、愤怒或兴奋;不特别强调刺耳、粗厉,比 screech 语义更宽。
强调尖细且拖长的声音,常用于刹车、轮胎或小猪的叫声;与 screech 相比音调更高,但未必粗厉。
多指鸟类(如鹦鹉)的粗厉叫声;用于人时带“大声抱怨”的意味,与 screech 侧重“高音刺耳”不同。
grammar · medium
易错句子His car screech every morning when he starts the engine.
正确表达His car screeches every morning when he starts the engine.
主语 his car 是第三人称单数,一般现在时的谓语必须用第三人称单数形式;以 -ch 结尾的动词要加 -es,所以用 screeches,不能保留原形 screech。
grammar · medium
易错句子We heard a screech noise coming from the engine.
正确表达We heard a screeching noise coming from the engine.
修饰名词 noise 时要用现在分词 screeching 作定语,表示“发出尖啸声的”;英语不用动词原形 screech 直接作定语,screech noise 不是自然搭配。
grammar · medium
易错句子The mother screeched her son to come back.
正确表达The mother screeched at her son to come back.
screech 表示“冲某人尖叫”时不能直接带人作宾语,要用介词 at 引出尖叫的对象;screech at sb to do sth 才是正确结构。
shriek 多指人因惊恐、兴奋等发出的高声尖叫,也可指鸟鸣;screech 更强调刺耳、难听的摩擦声或机械尖啸,如刹车、轮胎、猫头鹰。
scream 通常指人因强烈情绪大声喊叫,重点是音量大;screech 侧重声音尖利刺耳,常形容物体发出的声响。
squeal 指短促、高音调的吱吱声或尖叫声,常形容猪、小孩或轮胎打滑;screech 的声音通常更长、更刺耳难听。
尖啸着急停
The truck screeched to a halt just inches from the wall.
卡车尖叫着猛停,离墙只有几英寸。
轮胎发出刺耳的尖啸声
The tires screeched as the driver slammed on the brakes.
司机猛踩刹车时,轮胎发出刺耳的尖啸声。
刹车发出刺耳的尖啸声
I could hear the brakes screeching somewhere in the distance.
我能听到远处什么地方传来刹车刺耳的声响。
尖声大笑
The kids screeched with laughter at the funny story.
孩子们听到这个有趣的故事,尖声大笑起来。
像女妖一样尖叫
She screeched like a banshee when she saw the mouse.
她看到老鼠时,像女妖一样尖叫起来。
突然停止;戛然而止
The car screeched to a halt just before the pedestrian crossing.
汽车在人行横道前戛然而止。
突然停止;骤然停下
Work on the bridge came to a screeching halt after the storm.
风暴过后,大桥的施工骤然停止。
使…突然停止;使…戛然而止
The sudden snowstorm brought morning traffic to a screeching halt.
突如其来的暴风雪使早间交通戛然而止。
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