- 1（貓、狗或人）長聲哀嚎、鬼叫；名詞：一聲長長的哀鳴。台灣人講貓在外面「哀哀叫」「叫春」就很接近。
To yowl is to make a long, loud, unhappy cry. The sound is drawn out — not a short bark or a quick shout, but a noise that goes on and rises and falls.
To yowlyowl is to make a long, loud, unhappy cry是發出一種又長又大聲、聽起來很悲慘的叫聲. The sound is drawn out這個聲音拖得很長 — not a short bark or a quick shout不是短促的吠叫或一聲快喊, but a noise that goes on and rises and falls而是一直持續、還會起伏的聲音.
Cats yowl at night. Dogs yowl when they are shut in a room alone. A person can yowl too, usually in pain, or in anger, or when singing very badly on purpose.
Cats yowl at night貓在晚上會yowl. Dogs yowl when they are shut in a room alone狗被自己關在房間裡也會yowl. A person can yowl too人也可以yowl, usually in pain, or in anger通常是因為痛，或生氣, or when singing very badly on purpose或故意唱得很難聽的時候.
The key idea is that a yowl sounds miserable. A cheerful animal does not yowl. When you read that someone yowled, you already know something is wrong — they are hurt, upset, or complaining loudly.
The key idea is that a yowl sounds miserable重點是yowl聽起來很悲慘. A cheerful animal does not yowl開心的動物不會yowl. When you read that someone yowled當你讀到有人yowled, you already know something is wrong你就知道一定出了什麼問題 — they are hurt, upset, or complaining loudly牠/他受傷了、難過，或在大聲抱怨.
It works as a verb (the cat yowled) and as a noun (a yowl came from under the house). It is not a formal word; you meet it in stories much more than in newspapers or reports.
It works as a verb可以當動詞用 (the cat yowled)（像the cat yowled） and as a noun也可以當名詞用 (a yowl came from under the house)（像a yowl came from under the house）. It is not a formal word不是正式的字; you meet it in stories much more than in newspapers or reports在故事裡看到的機會遠多於新聞或報告.
Compare the neighbours: howl is what a wolf or a dog does, a long clear cry into the air; wail is what a person does when very sad, and also what a does; whine is thinner, higher, and complaining. Yowl sits closest to the cat.
Compare the neighbours來比較一下鄰居們: howl is what a wolf or a dog doeshowl是狼或狗會發出的, a long clear cry into the air一種拉長、清亮、對著空中的叫聲; wail is what a person does when very sadwail是人非常難過時發出的, and also what a siren does警報器也會發出wail這種聲音; whine is thinner, higher, and complainingwhine比較細、比較高，還帶點抱怨. Yowl sits closest to the cat而yowl最貼近貓的那種叫聲.
core核心畫面
組成From Middle English youlen, from Old Norse gaula, meaning to bellow or howl. The first sound was probably pulled toward y- by the old English word yellen (to yell). Words like this often start as imitations of the noise itself.
同家族的字
- yellnot the same root, but yell (Middle English yellen) is what pulled yowl's spelling into a y-
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
yowlnoun/jaʊl/
- 1
A prolonged, loud cry, like the sound of an animal; a wail; a howl.
- “Before he was a twel’month ould he had a mouth full o’ great teeth; his hands wor like ’s claws, and his legs wor no thicker nor the handle of a whip, and about as straight as a rapin’ hook; to make the matther worse, he had the gut uv a cormorant, and the whinge, and the yelp, and the screech, and the yowl, was never out of his mouth.”
yowlverb/jaʊl/
- 1
Utter a yowl.
- 2
Express by yowling; utter with a yowl.
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