English Dictionary

shriek

/ʃɹiːk/

verb

(intransitive) To utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry, as do some birds and beasts; to scream, as in a sudden fright, in horror or anguish.

She let out a shriek of terror.

意味（1）

(intransitive) To utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry, as do some birds and beasts; to scream, as in a sudden fright, in horror or anguish.

Feebly ſhe ſhriekt, but ſo feebly indeed / That Britomart heard not the ſhrilling ſound.

意味（2）

(transitive) To utter sharply and shrilly; to utter in or with a shriek or shrieks.

The ghostly owl, shrieking his baleful note.