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 screech /ˈskriʧ/
 尖聲喊叫,尖叫聲

 Screech v. i. [imp. & p. p. Screeched p. pr. & vb. n. Screeching.]  To utter a harsh, shrill cry; to make a sharp outcry, as in terror or acute pain; to scream; to shriek. “The screech owl, screeching loud.”

 Screech, n. A harsh, shrill cry, as of one in acute pain or in fright; a shriek; a scream.
 Screech bird, or Screech thrush Zool., the fieldfare; -- so called from its harsh cry before rain.
 Screech rain.
 Screech hawk Zool., the European goatsucker; -- so called from its note. [Prov. Eng.]
 Screech owl. Zool. (a) A small American owl (Scops asio), either gray or reddish in color. (b) The European barn owl. The name is applied also to other species.
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 screech
      n 1: a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry; "he ducked at
           the screechings of shells"; "he heard the scream of the
           brakes" [syn: screeching, shriek, shrieking, scream,
            screaming]
      2: sharp piercing cry; "her screaming attracted the neighbors"
         [syn: scream, screaming, shriek, shrieking, screeching]
      v 1: make a high-pitched, screeching noise; "The door creaked
           when I opened it slowly" [syn: squeak, creak, screak,
            skreak]
      2: utter a harsh abrupt scream [syn: squawk, screak, skreak,
          skreigh]