【cackle】 - AEAS备考词汇

cackle

UK:  ['kæk(ə)l]

US:  ['kæk(ə)l]

第三人称单数：cackles  现在分词：cackling  过去分词：cackled  

v.

1.(鸡等下蛋后)咯咯地叫

2.咯咯地笑

3.唠唠叨叨地讲出

4.呵呵笑;捧腹大笑

n.

1.(母鸡、鹅等的)咯咯叫声

2.饶舌;〔美国〕废话,空话

3.尖声的笑

4.嘎嘎声

1 . Just as the cock can cackle, however, as if he had laid the egg, so can the hen.
母鸡也能喔喔叫的，就如同公鸡也能咯咯叫着像他生了蛋一样。

2 . He turns a dial and foreign voices cackle urgently in the ether. Talking violence in tongues, telling of the rapes of children, no doubt.
他换拨一个台，一个外国的声音快速地讲着，毫无疑问，也在用当地语言讲述着暴力、儿童强奸。

3 . You must learn not to laugh, and if you must laugh then see to it that you don't cackle like the neighbor's hen.
你必须学会不要笑。如果你一定要笑的话，确保你不要像邻居家的母鸡一样尖声笑个不停。

4 . Snape's expression was blank, unreadable. Bellatrix, however, let out a cackle of triumphant laughter.
斯内普面无表情，令人难以捉摸。而贝拉特里克则发出了一串得意的笑声。

5 . Because there are more than ten thousand hens raised in the farm, the cackle of hens can be heard a few miles away.
这家农场里养着上万只鸡，所以几英里外人们也能听到母鸡的咯咯声。