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词汇 mewl
释义 mewl
verb[ I ]
uk /mjuːl/ us /mjuːl/
to cry with a soft high sound: 呜咽,啜泣
He was mewling like a sick kitten.他低声哭泣,听起来像一只生病的小猫。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Weeping and crying
bawl
blubber
boohoo
break down
bucket
burst out laughing/cryingidiom
close to tears
eye-watering
grizzle
have a sookidiom
lachrymose
lachrymosely
mewling
tear something up
tear-stained
tear-streaked
teardrop
tearful
tearfully
waterworks

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Sounds made by humans with their mouths
Animal (non-human) sounds

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mewling

Examples of mewl


mewl
But then she adopted two kittens that scratched and mewled, and, after accepting them as the barn cats they were, she fell in love again.
From Slate Magazine
Those mewling cries were louder, he was sure of it.
From Project Gutenberg
Just as he dealt the first stroke a low, mewling cry caused him to look up.
From Project Gutenberg
It was the thought of ending my days as a drooling, mewling infant--or worse!
From Project Gutenberg
The church that is to lead this century will not be a church creeping on all fours; mewling and whining, its face turned down, its eyes turned back.
From Project Gutenberg
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