bawl
verbVerb Forms
Phrasal Verbspresent simple I / you / we / they bawl | |
he / she / it bawls | |
past simple bawled | |
past participle bawled | |
-ing form bawling |
- [intransitive, transitive]
to shout loudly, especially in an unpleasant or angry way 大喊;怒吼 - bawl (at somebody)
She bawled at him in front of everyone. 她当着大家的面冲他大喊大叫。 Some noisy students were bawling for more food. 一些吵闹的学生大声喊着要更多的食物。 - bawl (out) something (at somebody)
He sat in his office bawling orders at his secretary. 他坐在办公室里,对秘书厉声发号施令。 - + speech (+ out)
‘Get in here now!’ she bawled out. “马上进来!” 她嚷道。
- bawl (at somebody)
- [intransitive, transitive]
to cry loudly, especially in an unpleasant and annoying way 号哭
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense of (of an animal)‘ howl, bark’): imitative; possibly related to medieval Latin baulare ‘to bark’ or Icelandic baula ‘to low’.