caterwaul /ˈkætəˌwɔːl/ ( caterwauling, caterwauled, caterwauls )

• 1. 

  V-I If a person or animal caterwauls, they make a loud, high, unpleasant noise like the noise that cats make when they fight. (人或动物像猫一样的)嚎叫

  例：

  ...shrieking and caterwauling in mock distress.

  ...无助痛苦中的尖嚎。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT Caterwaul is also a noun. 嚎叫声

  例：

  ...blood-curdling caterwauls.

  ...毛骨悚然的嚎叫声。

• 3. 

  caterwauling N-UNCOUNT

  例：

  ...high-pitched moaning and caterwauling.

  ...尖锐的呻吟声和嚎叫声。