caterwauling

/kat-er-wawl/US // ˈkæt ərˌwɔl //UK // (ˈkætəˌwɔːl) //

饮食

Definitions

v.无主动词 verb

1
- : to utter long wailing cries, as cats in rutting time.
- : to utter a similar sound; howl or screech.
- : to quarrel like cats.

n.名词 noun

1
Also cat·er·waul·ing.
- : the cry of a cat in rutting time.
- : any similar sound.

verbmake screeching, crying noise

Synonyms

On The View, while she leads the show, she sat apart from the more hysterical caterwauling and general idiocy around her.
Another shovels strings of rubber bands into his mouth like spaghetti, provoking more caterwauling from the judges.
This is just too much, all this babyish caterwauling from Mitch McConnell.
To be sure, there was plenty of Democratic caterwauling about the Reagan budget.
Deaf Old Gentleman (seated by piano, talking to pretty girl)—I'd rather listen to you than hear this caterwauling.
From inside came the rare sound of water splashing, mixed with a wheezing, off-key caterwauling.
The night was still, save for a love-sick panther somewhere on the mountain, a-caterwauling under the June stars.
Another South American breed is said to be free from the hideous “caterwauling” of the ordinary cat.
The voices are filled with night—black hollow gloomy night or else they are as strident as the caterwauling of a Tom Cat.

/kat-er-wawl/US // ˈkæt ərˌwɔl //UK // (ˈkætəˌwɔːl) //

饮食

v.无主动词 verb

1
- : to utter long wailing cries, as cats in rutting time.
- : to utter a similar sound; howl or screech.
- : to quarrel like cats.

n.名词 noun

1
Also cat·er·waul·ing.
- : the cry of a cat in rutting time.
- : any similar sound.

verbmake screeching, crying noise

Synonyms

On The View, while she leads the show, she sat apart from the more hysterical caterwauling and general idiocy around her.
Another shovels strings of rubber bands into his mouth like spaghetti, provoking more caterwauling from the judges.
This is just too much, all this babyish caterwauling from Mitch McConnell.
To be sure, there was plenty of Democratic caterwauling about the Reagan budget.
Deaf Old Gentleman (seated by piano, talking to pretty girl)—I'd rather listen to you than hear this caterwauling.
From inside came the rare sound of water splashing, mixed with a wheezing, off-key caterwauling.
The night was still, save for a love-sick panther somewhere on the mountain, a-caterwauling under the June stars.
Another South American breed is said to be free from the hideous “caterwauling” of the ordinary cat.
The voices are filled with night—black hollow gloomy night or else they are as strident as the caterwauling of a Tom Cat.