“screecher”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

screecher

释义

screecher|ˈskriːtʃə(r)|
[f. screech v. + -er¹.]
1. One who screeches. lit. and fig.
1869J. Burroughs Wake-Robin viii. (1895) 210 The fly⁓catchers..are not properly songsters, but are classed by some writers as screechers.1884St. James's Gaz. 25 Jan. 6/2 They are as unpatriotic in their way as screechers about Bulgarian atrocities.1908Academy 11 July 27/2 These screechers are beginning to learn that hysterics are of little use where argument is concerned.
2. A dial. name for several birds having a harsh screaming cry; e.g. the Swift (Cypselus apus), the Gull-billed Tern (Sterna anglica), and the Missel-thrush (Turdus viscivorus).
1848Zoologist VI. 2290 The common swift is in G[loucestershire] a ‘screecher’.1864Atkinson Bird-n., Screecher... Gull-billed Tern. Sterna Anglica.

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