詞彙精選：scream的用法和辨析

一、詳細釋義：

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n.

尖叫，尖叫聲

例句：

The neighbors had told him they had heard a scream, that was the very first alarm.

鄰居們對他說，他們聽到一聲尖叫，那是最先的兇號。

例句：

A sinister inhuman scream rang out across the moors.

沼澤地裏突然響起不像是人的不祥的尖叫聲。

極其可笑的人（或事物）

例句：

He is a scream.

他是個極其可笑的人。

例句：

The dumb show was a scream.

那出啞劇真是滑稽有趣。

v.

（因傷痛、害怕、激動等）尖叫 [I,T]

例句：

The child bumped into a table and started screaming.

這小孩撞上了桌子,大聲哭喊起來。

例句：

He staggered around the playground, screaming in agony.

他繞着運動場跌跌撞撞地走着，並且痛苦地大叫。

（向某人或爲某事）高聲喊，大聲叫 [I,T]

例句：

I was screaming at them to get out of my house.

我尖叫着讓他們離開我的家。

例句：

'Brigid!' she screamed. 'Get up!'

“布里吉德！”她尖叫道，“起來！”

發出大而尖的聲音；呼嘯而過 [I,T]

例句：

She slammed the car into gear, the tyres screaming as her foot jammed against the accelerator.

她用力關上車門發動汽車，腳猛踩油門時輪胎髮出刺耳的聲音。

例句：

As he talked, an airforce jet screamed over the town.

他談話時，一架軍用噴氣式飛機在鎮子上空呼嘯而過。

二、詞義辨析：

cry,shout,exclaim,roar,scream,shriek,yell,call

這些動詞的共同含義是“喊”或“叫”。cry一般指因恐懼、痛苦、驚奇等而喊叫。shout指有意識地高聲喊叫，常用於提出警告、發命令或喚起注意等。 exclaim多指因高興、憤怒、痛苦、驚訝等突發感情而高聲喊叫。roar指發出大而深沉的聲音、吼叫或咆哮。scream指因恐具、快樂或痛苦而發出的尖叫聲。shriek指因驚恐、痛苦等或其它感情而發出比scream更爲尖銳、刺耳的叫聲。yell多指求援、鼓勵時的呼叫。也可指因外界因素刺激而發出尖厲聲音。call指大聲說話或喊叫，以引起某人的注意。

三、參考例句：

You won't scream?

你能不尖叫嗎？

A scream broke the silence.

一聲尖叫打破了寂靜。

The scream made me jump.

尖叫聲嚇我一跳。

A scream pierced the darkness.

一聲尖叫響徹黑夜。

Your posture should scream confidence.

擺正身姿增強自信。

She let out a scream of terror.

她發出恐懼的叫喊。

She scooped ice scream into their bowls.

她用勺把冰淇淋舀到他們的碗裏。

The man began to scream horribly.

那人開始可怕地尖叫起來。

Scream it out loud: "Life is good!"

大聲吶喊吧——“生活很美好！”

A piercing scream split the air.

刺耳的尖叫聲劃破長空。