Word · Frequency #27706
shrilly
尖声地；刺耳地
in a shrill voice
- 1.
In a shrill manner.
尖锐地；刺耳地。
尖锐地；刺耳地。；尖声地；刺耳地
In use
The alarm clock rang shrilly at six in the morning.
She called his name shrilly across the crowded playground.
The injured bird whistled shrilly until help arrived.
verb + shrilly
shrilly 作方式副词，常置于动词后，强调声音尖锐刺耳。
The alarm rang shrilly in the empty hallway.
警报在空旷的走廊里尖声响起。
shrilly + past participle
shrilly 也可放在过去分词前，构成修饰名词的短语。
Her shrilly spoken warning made everyone jump.
她尖声说出的警告把大家吓了一跳。
Common mistakes
She spoke shrill.She spoke shrilly.
shrilly 是副词，修饰动词 spoke；shrill 是形容词，不能作状语。中文“尖声地”对应副词 shrilly。
a shrilly voicea shrill voice
修饰名词 voice 要用形容词 shrill；shrilly 是副词，不能作定语。
Connections
Collocations
- scream shrilly
- 尖声尖叫
- The whistle screamed shrilly in the night.哨声在夜里尖声响起。
- shout shrilly
- 尖声喊叫
- She shouted shrilly for help.她尖声呼救。
- cry shrilly
- 尖声哭喊
- The baby cried shrilly until someone picked him up.婴儿尖声哭喊，直到有人把他抱起来。
- whistle shrilly
- 发出尖锐的哨声
- A bird whistled shrilly from the treetops.一只鸟在树梢上发出尖锐的哨声。
- protest shrilly
- 尖声抗议
- The crowd protested shrilly against the new law.人群尖声抗议新法律。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象尖嗓子尖叫“shrill——”，声音又尖又刺耳；副词就是 shrilly，形容尖声地喊叫。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：literary fiction、descriptive prose、news reports shrilly 是中性偏书面的副词，多用于文学或叙事性描写中，表示“尖声地、刺耳地”；日常口语中较少单独使用，较自然的说法是 in a shrill voice。
Pronunciation & Spelling
shrilly /ˈʃrɪli/ rhymes with silly, hilly, frilly, chilly, billy, and lily: they all end in the sound /ɪli/ with stress on the first syllable. Be careful with lookalikes: words ending in -ily such as happily /ˈhæpɪli/ and easily /ˈiːzɪli/ do not rhyme, and the base word shrill /ʃrɪl/ has no final /i/ sound.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.