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词汇 squealing
释义 squealing
present participle ofsqueal
squeal
verb[ I ]
uk /skwiːl/ us /skwiːl/
to make a long, very high sound or cry: 发出长而尖的声音;尖叫
We could hear the piglets squealing as we entered the farmyard.我们走进农场庭院时,可以听见猪崽在长嚎。
The brakes squealed as the van rounded the corner.货车转弯时刹车发出了尖厉的声音。
The two children squealed with joy.两个孩子高兴地尖叫着。
informal
to complain about something loudly: 大声抱怨;高声抗议
The threat of further changes in the education system is making teachers squeal.进一步改革教育系统的威胁令教师们大声抗议。
slangdisapproving
to give information to the police about people you know who have committed a crime: 告密,告发
When he finds out who squealed on him, he's going to make them very sorry.等他查出是谁告的密,他会让他们后悔的。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

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

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Complaining
Revealing secrets & becoming known

Examples of squealing


squealing

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


It is no use squealing or bleating about mcas or more subsidies.
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It is difficult to take in what is squealing through the public address system.
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We are only squealing about selective service now because it suits us politically to do so.
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Unless the libertarians and the wishy-washy do-gooders are squealing and protesting, we have not gone far enough.
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That is why my constituents come squealing to my surgery.
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I do not believe—and this is where the point about squealing before being hurt comes in—that any court will give complicated and controversial directions.
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There has been much squealing in the country about the squeeze that has been imposed in the last few months.
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The industry has behaved like mice—not like church mice, as there has been no squealing or anything like that.
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It is because he will not be able to pass it on that they are squealing.
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It is the fifth column that is squealing most.
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He was twisting words, in his typical fashion, until they were squealing in agony.
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We have had slogans about bringing us kicking and squealing into the twenty- first century.
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We heard some squealing about the bed-and-breakfast provisions, as if those were a natural feature of any tax regime.
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They are now squealing because rents have been frozen for a short period.
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I believe that we can judge whether we are getting our law enforcement measures right by the amount of squealing from the libertarians.
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