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词汇 screamer
释义 screamer
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈskriː.mər/ us /ˈskriː.mɚ/

screamernoun[C] (PERSON)


someone who screams(= cries out loudly in a high voice):
He heard the screams before he saw the screamer.
I dug my fingernails into the beauty therapist's table, determined not to be the first screamer.
someone who shouts a lot, especially in an angry way:
The screamer uses rage and temper tantrums to intimidate.
Her boss was a screamer, demeaning and embarrassing her and her co-workers in public.
After tolerating foul language for years from overaggressive sideline screamers, college referees intend to clean up bad language.
someone who sings in a very loud, high-pitched way:
He's a screamer and by the end of the show, it sounded like he'd screeched the flesh off his throat.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Shouting & screaming
barracking
bawl
bellow
bray
burst
burst out
call (something) out
clamour
cry
cry out
give someone a shoutidiom
holler
howl
raise
shout
shouty
shriek
squawk
the hairdryer treatment
thunder

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Singing

screamernoun[C] (DEVICE)


a device that makes a very loud, unpleasant sound:
My car alarm is equipped with extra screamers inside the cabin, so its quite painful to be inside when it goes off.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Threats & warnings
advance warning
alarm
alarm bell
bell-ringing
beware the ides of Marchidiom
bomb scare
bow
brushback pitch
burglar alarm
cautionary
don't you dareidiom
early warning system
hear warning bellsidiom
minatory
one swallow doesn't make a summeridiom
protection racket
red alert
red flag
scare quotes
yellow card

screamernoun[C] (VIDEO)


an internet video that pretends to be an image, game, test, etc. but is intended to frighten or shock you unexpectedly:
How can you avoid screamers on YouTube?
Screamers are uploaded to a site by pranksters, and they can be both surprising and upsetting.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Describing things that cause fear
awesome
awesomely
awesomeness
bloodcurdling
chilling
fearsome
fearsomely
frightening
frighteningly
greasily
imposingly
intimidating
intimidatingly
scarifying
scarifyingly
spooky
terrifying
terrifyingly
traumatic
traumatically

screamernoun[C] (EXCELLENT THING)


informal
something that is extremely good:
It's an absolute screamer of a deal.
My current computer was built in March 2009 but it's still a screamer.
informal mainly UK
a very good shot or kick, especially one that is hit hard and that travels a long distance, or a goal, etc. that is scored from such a shot:
He finished off by diving way to his left and catching a screamer.
United scored an absolute screamer.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Good and excellent things
badass
be the best thing since sliced breadidiom
beatification
beaut
beauty
flagship
gem
hidden depths
high-end
humdinger
jewel
jim-dandy
keeper
peach
queen
sleeping beauty
sliced bread
the jewel in the crownidiom
the real deal
the Rolls-Royce of somethingidiom

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General terms used in ball sports

screamernoun[C] (HEADLINE)


mainly US
a very large newspaper headline(= title), especially one that says something shocking:
The tabloids make every headline a screamer.
The newspaper industry depends on "interactivity" with readers rather than daily screamer headlines and scandal.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Newspapers & magazines: headlines & features
advertorial
advice column
advice columnist
agony aunt
agony column
agony uncle
comic strip
cover story
dateline
double-page
double-page spread
leader
obituary
op-ed
opinion piece
personal column
press cutting
problem page
splash
spread
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