yowl

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yowl /jaʊl/ verb [intransitive]  Cif an animal or a person yowls, they make a long loud cry, especially because they are unhappy or in pain 〔尤指因悲痛或疼痛而〕嚎叫，惨叫 SYN howl A tomcat was yowling out on the lawn. 一只公猫在外面草坪上哀叫。 —yowl noun [countable]→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

yowl• Kip kept yowling and cursing in the kitchen.• The noisy, speechless animal would yowl, waking Ted.Origin yowl (1100-1200) Probably from the sound

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yowl
yowl /jaʊl/ verb [intransitive]if an animal or a person yowls, they make a long loud cry, especially because they are unhappy or in pain
   SYN  howl:
    A tomcat was yowling out on the lawn.
—yowl noun [countable]

yowlBrE /jaʊl/ 🔊NAmE /jaʊl/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they yowl BrE /jaʊl/ 🔊 NAmE /jaʊl/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it yowls BrE /jaʊlz/ 🔊 NAmE /jaʊlz/ 🔊past simple yowled BrE /jaʊld/ 🔊 NAmE /jaʊld/ 🔊past participle yowled BrE /jaʊld/ 🔊 NAmE /jaʊld/ 🔊 -ing form yowling BrE /ˈjaʊlɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈjaʊlɪŋ/ 🔊 [intransitive] to make a long loud cry that sounds unhappy 哭叫；号哭；号啕大哭 SYN wail ▸ yowl noun