ululate
verb [ I ] uk/ˈjuː.ljə.leɪt/ /ˈʌl.jə.leɪt/ us/ˈjuː.ljə.leɪt/ /ˈʌl.jə.leɪt/
大声叫喊;高声欢呼;哀声呼号（长而高的大声叫喊，在两、三个音之间变化，多见于婚礼或葬礼）
to make a long, high cry with the mouth and tongue that changes between two or three notes, often to show emotion at a ceremony such as a wedding or funeral
By night, Bamako is a riot of noise as singers ululate at wedding parties. 夜晚，巴马科是一个喧嚣的城市，高歌的人们在婚宴上大声欢唱。
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- "When South Africans are happy, we sing, we dance, we ululate and beat drums," says Mulovhedzi.
- Women in rainbow-hued native dresses ululated - a shrill cry that usually accompanies celebrations in this part of the world.
- The joyful music of ululating African women rang out.
- Women ululated, and the crowd clapped and cheered "Ya'eesh" - Arabic for "long live".
- The bird's ululating cry on a summer evening is said to presage rain.