词汇精选：scream的用法和辨析

一、详细释义：

n.

尖叫，尖叫声

例句：

The neighbors had told him they had heard a scream, that was the very first alarm.

邻居们对他说，他们听到一声尖叫，那是最先的凶号。

例句：

A sinister inhuman scream rang out across the moors.

沼泽地里突然响起不像是人的不祥的尖叫声。

极其可笑的人（或事物）

例句：

He is a scream.

他是个极其可笑的人。

例句：

The dumb show was a scream.

那出哑剧真是滑稽有趣。

v.

（因伤痛、害怕、激动等）尖叫 [I,T]

例句：

The child bumped into a table and started screaming.

这小孩撞上了桌子,大声哭喊起来。

例句：

He staggered around the playground, screaming in agony.

他绕着运动场跌跌撞撞地走着，并且痛苦地大叫。

（向某人或为某事）高声喊，大声叫 [I,T]

例句：

I was screaming at them to get out of my house.

我尖叫着让他们离开我的家。

例句：

'Brigid!' she screamed. 'Get up!'

“布里吉德！”她尖叫道，“起来！”

发出大而尖的声音；呼啸而过 [I,T]

例句：

She slammed the car into gear, the tyres screaming as her foot jammed against the accelerator.

她用力关上车门发动汽车，脚猛踩油门时轮胎发出刺耳的声音。

例句：

As he talked, an airforce jet screamed over the town.

他谈话时，一架军用喷气式飞机在镇子上空呼啸而过。

二、词义辨析：

cry,shout,exclaim,roar,scream,shriek,yell,call

这些动词的共同含义是“喊”或“叫”。cry一般指因恐惧、痛苦、惊奇等而喊叫。shout指有意识地高声喊叫，常用于提出警告、发命令或唤起注意等。 exclaim多指因高兴、愤怒、痛苦、惊讶等突发感情而高声喊叫。roar指发出大而深沉的声音、吼叫或咆哮。scream指因恐具、快乐或痛苦而发出的尖叫声。shriek指因惊恐、痛苦等或其它感情而发出比scream更为尖锐、刺耳的叫声。yell多指求援、鼓励时的呼叫。也可指因外界因素刺激而发出尖厉声音。call指大声说话或喊叫，以引起某人的注意。

三、参考例句：

You won't scream?

你能不尖叫吗？

A scream broke the silence.

一声尖叫打破了寂静。

The scream made me jump.

尖叫声吓我一跳。

A scream pierced the darkness.

一声尖叫响彻黑夜。

Your posture should scream confidence.

摆正身姿增强自信。

She let out a scream of terror.

她发出恐惧的叫喊。

She scooped ice scream into their bowls.

她用勺把冰淇淋舀到他们的碗里。

The man began to scream horribly.

那人开始可怕地尖叫起来。

Scream it out loud: "Life is good!"

大声呐喊吧——“生活很美好！”

A piercing scream split the air.

刺耳的尖叫声划破长空。