a yowl of sth
常与 pain、fear 等表示感受的名词搭配，用 of 引出嚎叫的原因。
The injured dog gave a yowl of pain.
受伤的狗发出一声痛苦的嚎叫。
嚎叫；长嚎；哀嚎
yowls — plural of yowl
长时间的响亮叫声,如动物的声音；哀号；嚎叫。；惨叫；号叫；吼声
a long, loud cry or howl, like the sound of an animal
长时间的响亮叫声,如动物的声音；哀号；嚎叫。
A prolonged, loud cry, like the sound of an animal; a wail; a howl.
The hungry kitten made a pitiful yowl at the kitchen door.
饥饿的小猫在厨房门口发出可怜的哀嚎。
用法提示：此处 yowl 为名词，表示痛苦的哀嚎或长叫。
The dog's sudden yowl woke everyone in the house.
狗的突然长嚎把屋子里的所有人都吵醒了。
用法提示：yowl 在此为名词，指响亮而拖长的叫声。
We could hear the yowls of alley cats fighting outside our window.
我们能听到窗外野猫打斗时发出的阵阵嚎叫。
用法提示：这里用复数 yowls，表示多次或连续的嚎叫声。
常与 pain、fear 等表示感受的名词搭配，用 of 引出嚎叫的原因。
The injured dog gave a yowl of pain.
受伤的狗发出一声痛苦的嚎叫。
复数 yowls 可指多次或持续的嚎叫；of 后接发出声音的动物。
We heard yowls of stray cats in the alley.
我们听到巷子里流浪猫的嚎叫声。
with a yowl 作方式状语，表示以一声嚎叫的方式。
The puppy responded with a yowl.
小狗以一声嚎叫回应。
grammar · medium
易错句子We heard loud yowl from the garden.
正确表达We heard a loud yowl from the garden.
yowl 是可数名词，单数泛指时要加不定冠词 a；汉语没有冠词系统，学习者容易漏掉。
grammar · medium
易错句子The cats let out several yowl during the night.
正确表达The cats let out several yowls during the night.
several 后面接可数名词复数，yowl 的复数形式是 yowls；汉语名词不随数量改变形式，容易漏掉复数词尾 -s。
howl 指狼、狗等拖长的嚎叫，也可指风的呼啸；yowl 指拖长、响亮的动物式嚎叫或哀号，更强调声音本身。
wail 多指人因悲伤或疼痛而发出的尖长哀哭；yowl 更像动物般拖长的大声嚎叫。两者在“哀号”义上可重叠，但 wail 的人声哭泣感更强。
caterwaul 指猫等动物刺耳、拖长的嚎叫，也可比喻人吵闹的抱怨；yowl 泛指拖长响亮的动物式嚎叫或哀号，不特指猫。
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