🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

嚎叫

Pronunciation / Transliteration: háojiào

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Howl/haʊl/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"森林里传来了狼的嚎叫声。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A long, loud, mournful cry uttered by an animal such as a dog or wolf.

    "The lonely howl of a wolf echoed through the forest."
As verb
  1. 1

    (Of a wolf or dog) utter a long, loud, mournful cry.

    "The stray dogs began to howl at the moon."

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Synonyms (3)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Middle English (as a verb): imitative, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch huilen and German heulen.

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