yowl at sb/sth
常与 at 连用，表示冲某人或某物哀号、嚎叫。
The cat sat by the door and yowled at us.
猫坐在门边，冲我们哀号。
用哀号表达；哀号着说出；发出嚎叫声。；通过嚎叫表达；嚎叫着说出。；号叫
utter a loud wailing cry, as a cat or animal
发出嚎叫声。
Utter a yowl.
通过嚎叫表达；嚎叫着说出。
Express by yowling; utter with a yowl.
一般现在时
The cat yowls every night.
这只猫每晚都惨叫。
一般过去时
The dog yowled when it saw the stranger.
狗看到陌生人时号叫起来。
现在进行时
The stray cats are yowling in the alley.
流浪猫正在小巷里惨叫。
规则动词，表示发出惨叫声。
The lost kitten yowled all night under the porch.
那只迷路的小猫整夜在门廊下哀号。
用法提示：yowled 是 yowl 的过去式，作谓语动词，表示发出凄厉的哀号声。
The cat yowls loudly whenever the vet touches its sore paw.
每次兽医碰到它疼痛的爪子，这只猫都会大声惨叫。
用法提示：yowls 是 yowl 的第三人称单数现在时，作谓语，表示因疼痛而发出尖叫。
I heard someone yowling in the next room, so I ran to check.
我听到隔壁房间有人在哀号，于是赶紧跑过去查看。
用法提示：yowling 是 yowl 的现在分词，在 hear 后作宾语补足语，表示听到持续的哀号声。
常与 at 连用，表示冲某人或某物哀号、嚎叫。
The cat sat by the door and yowled at us.
猫坐在门边，冲我们哀号。
in 后接表示痛苦或情绪的名词，说明嚎叫的原因或状态。
He yowled in pain when the dog stepped on his foot.
狗踩到他的脚时，他痛得惨叫起来。
作及物动词时，宾语是嚎叫出的声音或话语，属于较书面、少见的用法。
The trapped animal yowled a long, sad complaint.
被困的动物嚎叫着，发出长长的一声悲鸣。
grammar · medium
易错句子The cat yowl loudly when it is hungry.
正确表达The cat yowls loudly when it is hungry.
一般现在时中，第三人称单数主语 the cat 后的动词要加 -s，变成 yowls；yowl 是原形，不能直接用在单数主语后。
grammar · medium
易错句子Last night the cat yowl at the door for hours.
正确表达Last night the cat yowled at the door for hours.
句首有 last night，表示过去，动词要用过去式 yowled；yowl 是原形，不能表示过去发生的动作。
grammar · medium
易错句子The injured dog yowled at pain.
正确表达The injured dog yowled in pain.
表示‘处于疼痛中’要用固定短语 in pain，不用 at pain；at 通常表示动作指向的对象，如 yowl at somebody，不表示状态。
howl 适用范围更广，可指狼、风、笑声或疼痛的大声长嚎；yowl 多指猫或人发出的持续、难听而凄厉的嚎叫，语域更具体也更少见。两者都指拖长的响亮叫声，但描述狼、风声或哄堂大笑时只用 howl。
wail 强调因悲伤、痛苦而发出绵长高亢的哀哭，多用于人；yowl 更带动物性或粗厉刺耳的色彩，常形容猫叫或人又喊又嚎。表达丧亲之痛的恸哭时用 wail 更自然。
caterwaul 专指猫那种难听刺耳的嚎叫，也可比喻人唱得或喊得尖厉难听，与 yowl 形容猫叫时最接近；但 yowl 还可泛指人或动物因痛苦、不满而嚎叫，caterwaul 的使用范围更窄、更书面。
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