shrieking

grammar · medium

易错句子We heard loud shriekings from the apartment next door.

正确表达We heard loud shrieking from the apartment next door.

shrieking 作名词时是不可数名词，指一片持续的尖叫声，不能加 -s 变复数。去掉词尾 -s 后词义不变，才符合不可数名词的用法。

grammar · medium

易错句子We could hear the shrieking the girls in the next room.

正确表达We could hear the shrieking of the girls in the next room.

shrieking 后要接尖叫声的发出者时，须用介词 of 引出（the shrieking of the girls），不能像汉语“女孩们的尖叫”那样把名词直接堆在后面。补上 of，句子结构才完整。