cackle

英 [ˈkækl]

美 [ˈkækl]

v.  咯咯叫; 嘎嘎地笑
n.  (母鸡等的)咯咯叫声; (难听的)大笑声; 嘎嘎的笑声

过去式：cackled　现在分词：cackling　第三人称单数：cackles　复数：cackles　过去分词：cackled　

TEM8

BNC.23398 / COCA.18985

牛津词典

verb

• 咯咯叫
  to make a loud unpleasant noise
• 嘎嘎地笑
  to laugh in a loud unpleasant way
  1. They all cackled with delight.
     他们都高兴得嘎嘎地笑。

noun

• （母鸡等的）咯咯叫声
  the loud noise that a hen makes
• （难听的）大笑声；嘎嘎的笑声
  a loud unpleasant laugh

柯林斯词典

• VERB (常指幸灾乐祸地)咯咯笑
  If someonecackles, they laugh in a loud unpleasant way, often at something bad that happens to someone else.
  1. The old lady cackled, pleased to have produced so dramatic a reaction...
     看到引起如此大的反应,老太太高兴得咯咯笑了起来。
  2. Newington threw his head back and cackled with laughter.
     纽因顿仰头大笑。
  3. Cackleis also a noun.
     
  4. He let out a brief cackle.
     他咯咯一笑。

英英释义

noun

• a loud laugh suggestive of a hen's cackle
• noisy talk
  Synonym:yakyackyakety-yakchatter
• the sound made by a hen after laying an egg

verb

• emit a loud, unpleasant kind of laughing
• squawk shrilly and loudly, characteristic of hens
• talk or utter in a cackling manner
  1. The women cackled when they saw the movie star step out of the limousine

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