stridulous

英 ['str?dj?l?s] 美['str?d??l?s]
  • adj. 喘鳴的(等于stridulant);作唧唧聲的;發(fā)出刺耳叫聲的

中文詞源


stridulous 發(fā)刺耳聲的

來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ) stridere,摩擦聲,發(fā)出刺耳聲,詞源同 strident.

英文詞源


stridulous (adj.)
1610s, from Latin stridulus "giving a shrill sound, creaking," from stridere "to utter an inarticulate sound, grate, creak" (see strident). Stridulation is from 1831. Stridulate (v.) first recorded 1838. Related: Stridulated; stridulating; stridulously; stridulousness.