hooting v. 喊叫;鸣响;摄制(hoot的ing形式)
- The hooting of a distant owl was all the sound that troubled the dead still.
远处一只猫头鹰唬唬的叫声是唯一打搅那死一般的沉寂的声音。 - As before, the crowd began hooting, but now, rather than come near, they threw things.
像先前一样,人群开始叫骂起来。但是,这回他们不走过来,而是投掷着东西。 - A large North American owl having barred, brownish plumage across the breast, a streaked belly, and a strident, hooting cry.
横斑林鸮:一种北美洲大鸮枭,胸部有褐色的条纹羽毛,腹部有条纹,叫声刺耳似汽笛
Hoot \Hoot\ (h[=oo]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hooted}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Hooting}.] [OE. hoten, houten, huten; cf. OSw. huta,
Sw. huta ut to take one up sharply, fr. Sw. hut interj.,
begone! cf. also W. hwt off! off with it! away! hoot!]
1. To cry out or shout in contempt.
Matrons and girls shall hoot at thee no more.
--Dryden.
2. To make the peculiar cry of an owl.
The clamorous owl that nightly hoots. --Shak.