scream

英 [skriːm] 美[skrim]

第三人称单数: screams;过去式: screamed;过去分词: screamed;现在分词: screaming;

1. s‐蛇，奶油蛋糕中钻出来的蛇 => 被吓了一大跳 => 尖叫。

scream (v.): late 12c., scræmen, of uncertain origin, similar to words in Scandinavian, Dutch, German, and Flemish (such as Old Norse skræma "to terrify, scare," Swedish scrana "to scream," Dutch schreijen "cry aloud, shriek," Old High German scrian, German schreien "to cry"). Related: Screamed; screaming. Screaming meemies is World War I army slang, originally a soldiers' name for a type of German artillery shell that made a loud noise in flight (from French woman's name Mimi), extended to the battle fatigue caused by long exposure to enemy fire.
scream (n.): mid-15c., from scream (v.).
And (as they say) lamentings heard i' th' Ayre; Strange Schreemes of Death. ["Macbeth," II.iii.61]
Shakespeare's spelling probably reflects "sk-" as spelled in words from Latin (such as school); he also has schreene for screen. Slang meaning "something that evokes a cry of laughter" is 1888; screamer in this sense is from 1831.

1. There was a scream of brakes from the carriageway outside.: 外面车行道上传来刺耳的刹车声。

2. His mouth was a little open, as if he'd started to scream.: 他的嘴微微张开,似乎是要开始尖叫.

3. Lou prattled on about various trivialities till I wanted to scream.: 卢就各种芝麻小事唠叨个没完，后来我烦得都想尖叫了。

4. She wanted to scream, but her vocal cords seemed paralysed.: 她想尖叫，但她的声带好像不听使唤了。

5. Its headlines were suitably downbeat and don't scream out.: 其标题平淡无奇而非触目惊心，非常得体。