caterwaul /ˈkætəˌwɔːl/ (caterwauling,caterwauled,caterwauls)

• 1.  

  V-I（不及物动词） If a person or animal caterwauls, they make a loud, high, unpleasant noise like the noise that cats make when they fight. (人或动物像猫一样的)嚎叫

  例：

  ...shrieking and caterwauling in mock distress.

  ...无助痛苦中的尖嚎。

• 2.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） Caterwaul is also a noun. 嚎叫声

  例：

  ...blood-curdling caterwauls.

  ...毛骨悚然的嚎叫声。

• 3.  

  N-UNCOUNT（不可数名词） caterwauling

  例：

  ...high-pitched moaning and caterwauling.

  ...尖锐的呻吟声和嚎叫声。