yowl
verb [ I ] uk/jaʊl/ us/jaʊl/
(通常指受伤或打斗时)号叫,惨叫
to make a long, high, unhappy cry, usually when hurt or fighting
I was woken up by cats yowling outside my window. 我被窗外猫的嚎叫声吵醒了。
On the hills, the foxes yowled and yelped.
Synonym: caterwaul
- More examples
- Outside in the road, a cat yowled.
- I keep hearing some kid yowling somewhere in the neighbourhood and thinking it's Sam.