shrill

adjective · verb · nounA2

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

shriller

Superlative

shrillest

1.
High-pitched and piercing.
The woods rang with shrill cries of the birds.
2.
Having a shrill voice.
3.
Sharp or keen to the senses.
4.
(derogatory, especially, figuratively)(figuratively, derogatory, especially of a woman) Fierce, loud, strident.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

shrills

V_ing/Gerund

shrilling

V_ed/pp

shrilled

1.
To make a shrill noise.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

shrills

1.
A shrill sound.

Từ liên quan

Cùng gốc / liên quan

garish strident

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Late Middle English schrille, shirle, shrille (of a sound: high-pitched, piercing; producing such a sound), possibly from the earlier shil, schille (loud, resounding; high-pitched), from Old English sċill (sonorous sounding), of Germanic origin and probably ultimately.