mew

英 [mjuː] 美 [mjuː]

• n. 喵（猫叫声）；鹰笼；海鸥；密室
• v. 发出猫叫声；把…关在笼内；(鹰)换羽

英英释义

Noun:

1. the sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this)

2. the common gull of Eurasia and northeastern North America

Verb:

1. cry like a cat;

   "the cat meowed"
   

2. utter a high-pitched cry, as of seagulls

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. We took the mew of a cat as a sound of warning.
   我们把猫的叫声误听成是警号了。
2. The volant mew is dancing lightly in musical sound.
   海鸥展翅在音乐声中翩翩起舞。

用作动词 (v.)

1. The cat mews.
   猫喵喵叫。
2. I will know her mind early tomorrow; tonight she has mewed up to her heaviness.
   我明天一早就去探听她的意思；今夜她已经怀着满腔的悲哀关上门睡了。

经典引文

• The sounds of his weeping grew from a pathetic little mew into a violent sob.

  出自： transf.

• A little black cat at her feet, mewing up at her pathetically.

  出自： D. M. Thomas

词汇搭配

• sea mew 海鸥(特指欧洲海鸥)...

近反义词

【近义词】

• meow 猫叫声
• miaow 猫叫声
• cry 哭
• howl 长嚎
• screech 尖叫
• sob 抽泣
• wail 痛哭
• whimper 呜咽
• whine 闹声
• yowl 号叫
• sea mew 海鸥(特指欧洲海鸥)...
• miaul 猫的叫声
• miaou 喵
• Larus canus 海鸥(鸥科)