catcall

英 ['kætkɔːl] 美 ['kætkɔl]
  • n. 嘘声;不满之声;喝倒采
  • vi. 发嘘声;发尖叫声
  • vt. 发嘘声

英文词源


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.

双语例句


1. Temporarily full - court in an uproar, the catcall below the stage.
一时全场哗然, 台下嘘声一片.

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2. Take a press photographer in the company large activity and catcall.
在公司大型活动和集会中担当摄影记者.

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