英語單詞

catcall是什麽意思

catcall

英 ['kætkɔːl] 美 ['kætkɔl]
  • n. 噓聲;不滿之聲;喝倒采
  • vi. 發噓聲;發尖叫聲
  • vt. 發噓聲

英文詞源


catcall (n.)
1650s, a type of noisemaker (Johnson describes it as a "squeaking instrument") used to express dissatisfaction in play-houses, from cat (n.) + call (n.); presumably because it sounded like an angry cat. As a verb, attested from 1734.

雙語例句


1. Temporarily full - court in an uproar, the catcall below the stage.
一時全場嘩然, 台下噓聲一片.

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2. Take a press photographer in the company large activity and catcall.
在公司大型活動和集會中擔當攝影記者.

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