cackle
verb- [intransitive]
(of a chicken )雞 to make a loud unpleasant noise 咯咯叫 - [intransitive, transitive]
to laugh in a loud unpleasant way 嘎嘎地笑 They all cackled with delight. 他們都高興得嘎嘎地笑。 to cackle with glee/laughter/mirth/pleasure 高興/大笑/歡笑/高興地咯咯叫 He cackled wildly at the thought. 他對這個想法報以狂笑。 - + speech
‘I won. Too bad,’ she cackled. 我赢了。“太糟糕了,”她咯咯地笑着說。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- loudly
- maniacally
- manically
- …
- with
Word OriginMiddle English: probably from Middle Low German kākelen, partly imitative, reinforced by kāke ‘jaw, cheek’.