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词汇 yowling
释义 yowling
present participle ofyowl
yowl
verb[ I ]
uk /jaʊl/ us /jaʊl/
to make a long, high, unhappy cry, usually when hurt or fighting: (通常指受伤或打斗时)号叫,惨叫
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
Outside in the road, a cat yowled.
I keep hearing some kid yowling somewhere in the neighbourhood and thinking it's Sam.
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Examples of yowling


yowling

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


One can see and hear cats, but nobody has ever been wakened in the middle of the night by the yowling of a set.
No amount of yowling and scowling will get over that fact.
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Sometimes, yogh stood for or, as in the word, yowling.
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Blissful, sometimes, but sometimes it sounds like stray cat musicscrawny, cocky, and yowling up the stairs.
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