English Dictionary

stridulate

/stɹɪdjʊˈleɪt/

verb

(intransitive) To make a high-pitched chirping, grating, hissing, or squeaking sound, as male crickets and grasshoppers do, by rubbing certain body parts together.

The crickets stridulate in the grass.

意味（1）

(intransitive) To make a high-pitched chirping, grating, hissing, or squeaking sound, as male crickets and grasshoppers do, by rubbing certain body parts together.

A window was open, and the crickets were stridulating at an ominous speed in the black motionless foliage.