| 释义 |
shouty, a.
Brit. |ˈʃaʊti|, U.S. |ˈʃaʊdi|
[‹ shout n.2 + -y suffix1.]
Characterized by shouting. Of a person: inclined to shout, habitually shouting. Of a sound (esp. the human voice): having a harsh quality comparable to shouting; strident, loud.
a1859L. Hunt Coronation Soliloquy in Poet. Wks. (1860) 227 Bangs and clangs of band O! Shouty, flouty, heavy rig, and gouty, When shall I come to a stand O! 1883Cent. Mag. June 196/1 Instead of soft, pleasant, expressive voices, one hears in school almost universally a hard, shouty tone, unsympathetic and inexpressive. 1914H. Coward Choral Technique & Interpretation 19 There are a great majority of untrained voices, which may be roughly classified as follows:—weak and quavery, worn and tinny, harsh and shrill, strident, metallic, shouty, throaty, cavernous, hooty, scoopy, and nondescript. 1931K. M. Goodale Behind Scenes with Edwin Booth xiv. 117 Any voice beside Edwin Booth's sounded rough or flat or thin or shouty. 1991Conjunctions 16 62 It was a harder, more gut shouty sound in that metallic bop alto. 2001L. Voss To be Someone 407, I know a great little teacher. A bit shouty, and very bossy, but she'll soon show you what's what. |
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