(of sounds or voices )声音或嗓音 very high and loud, in an unpleasant way synonym piercing刺耳的;尖声的;尖厉的 The PE teacher’s shrill voice rang out across the school fields. 体育老师刺耳的嗓音传遍整个学校操场。 The shrill cries of children broke the silence. 孩子们刺耳的哭声打破了寂静。
loud and determined but often unreasonable 闹着非要…不可的;不依不饶的 shrill demands/protests 坚持要求;拼命抗议
Word Originlate Middle English: of Germanic origin; related to Low German schrell ‘sharp in tone or taste’.