scream

英 [skri?m] 美[skrim]

CET4TEM4考研CET6中頻詞擴展詞匯

第三人稱單數:?screams;過去式:?screamed;過去分詞:?screamed;現在分詞:?screaming;

1. s‐蛇，奶油蛋糕中鉆出來的蛇 => 被嚇了一大跳 => 尖叫。

scream (v.): late 12c., scr?men, of uncertain origin, similar to words in Scandinavian, Dutch, German, and Flemish (such as Old Norse skr?ma "to terrify, scare," Swedish scrana "to scream," Dutch schreijen "cry aloud, shriek," Old High German scrian, German schreien "to cry"). Related: Screamed; screaming. Screaming meemies is World War I army slang, originally a soldiers' name for a type of German artillery shell that made a loud noise in flight (from French woman's name Mimi), extended to the battle fatigue caused by long exposure to enemy fire.
scream (n.): mid-15c., from scream (v.).
And (as they say) lamentings heard i' th' Ayre; Strange Schreemes of Death. ["Macbeth," II.iii.61]
Shakespeare's spelling probably reflects "sk-" as spelled in words from Latin (such as school); he also has schreene for screen. Slang meaning "something that evokes a cry of laughter" is 1888; screamer in this sense is from 1831.

1. There was a scream of brakes from the carriageway outside.: 外面車行道上傳來刺耳的剎車聲。

2. His mouth was a little open, as if he'd started to scream.: 他的嘴微微張開,似乎是要開始尖叫.

3. Lou prattled on about various trivialities till I wanted to scream.: 盧就各種芝麻小事嘮叨個沒完，后來我煩得都想尖叫了。

4. She wanted to scream, but her vocal cords seemed paralysed.: 她想尖叫，但她的聲帶好像不聽使喚了。

5. Its headlines were suitably downbeat and don't scream out.: 其標題平淡無奇而非觸目驚心，非常得體。