shrill是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为a. 尖声的vt. 尖声地叫，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在詹姆斯·费尼莫尔·库柏的《最后的摩根战士》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Then, without circumlocution or apology, first pronounced the word 'Standish,' and placing the un-known engine, already described, to his mouth, from which he drew a high, shrill sound, that was followed by an octave below, from his own voice, he commenced singing the fol-lowing words, in full, sweet, and melodious tones, that set the music, the poetry, and even the uneasy motion of his illtrained beast at defiance; 'How good it is, O see, And how it pleaseth well, Together e'en in unity, For brethren so to dwell.
-- He placed a finger in his mouth, and drew a long, shrill whistle, which was answered from the rocks that were guarded by the Mohicans.
-- The Delawares, who had believed their enemy dead, uttered their exclamation of surprise, and were fol-lowing with speed and clamor, like hounds in open view of the deer, when a shrill and peculiar cry from the scout instantly changed their purpose, and recalled them to the summit of the hill.
-- The horns of the vic-tors sounded merry and cheerful flourishes, until the last laggard of the camp was at his post; but the instant the Brit-ish fifes had blown their shrill signal, they became mute.
-- The wind blew unequally; sometimes sweeping heavily along the ground, seeming to whisper its moanings in the cold ears of the dead, then rising in a shrill and mournful whistling, it entered the forest with a rush that filled the air with the leaves and branches it scattered in its path.
在威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆的《月亮和六便士》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Of their elders some, by imitating the antics of youth, strive to persuade themselves that their day is not yet over; they shout with the lustiest, but the war cry sounds hollow in their mouth; they are like poor wantons attempting with pencil, paint and powder, with shrill gaiety, to recover the illusion of their spring.
-- They chased one another with shrill cries and laughter, and their bodies, brown and wet, gleamed in the sunlight.
-- They were sombre blues, opaque like a delicately carved bowl in lapis lazuli, and yet with a quivering lustre that suggested the palpitation of mysterious life; there were purples, horrible like raw and putrid flesh, and yet with a glowing, sensual passion that called up vague memories of the Roman Empire of Heliogabalus; there were reds, shrill like the berries of holly one thought of Christmas in England, and the snow, the good cheer, and the pleasure of children and yet by some magic softened till they had the swooning tenderness of a dove's breast; there were deep yellows that died with an unnatural passion into a green as fragrant as the spring and as pure as the sparkling water of a mountain brook.
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《神秘岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The sailor thought he recognized gulls and cormorants, whose shrill cries rose above the roaring of the sea.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《老古玩店》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- said the old man in a shrill voice, 'more care of Nelly!Why, who ever loved a child as I love Nell?'
-- Though this was a concerted plot between Miss Sophy and her sister, originating in humane intentions and having for its object the inducing Mr Swiviller to declare himself in time, it failed in its effect; for Miss Jane being one of those young ladies who are prematurely shrill and shrewish, gave such undue importance to her part that Mr Swiviller retired in dudgeon, resigning his mistress to Mr Cheggs and conveying a defiance into his looks which that gentleman indignantly returned.
-- said the old man, venturing to touch one of the puppets, and drawing away his hand with a shrill laugh.
-- 'Yes,' replied a couple of shrill voices.
-- In the smaller public-houses, fiddles with all their might and main were squeaking out the tune to staggering feet; drunken men, oblivious of the burden of their song, joined in a senseless howl, which drowned the tinkling of the feeble bell and made them savage for their drink; vagabond groups assembled round the doors to see the stroller woman dance, and add their uproar to the shrill flageolet and deafening drum.
在列夫·托尔斯泰的《复活》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- She laughed in shrill tones at the antics of the prisoners.
-- The delicate laughter of the little girl mingled with the hoarse and shrill laughter of the women.
-- He was amused by a short-haired boy coming near him and asking him in a shrill voice: "And whom are you waiting for?"
-- Overheated air, impregnated with a thick odor of perspiration, assailed his nostrils, and shrill women's voices were distinctly heard.
-- There were a din of prisoners' voices counting money and the shrill conversation of the hucksters.
在刘易斯·卡罗尔的《爱丽丝漫游镜中世界》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- cried another Daisy, and here they all began shouting together, till the air seemed quite full of little shrill voices.
-- 'What, then you don't ' the little voice began, when it was drowned by a shrill scream from the engine, and everybody jumped up in alarm, Alice among the rest.
-- Tweedledum cried out in a shrill voice of alarm: and the two brothers took to their heels and were out of sight in a moment.
-- At this moment the door was flung open, and a shrill voice was heard singing:'To the Looking-Glass world it was Alice that said,"I've a sceptre in hand, I've a crown on my head;Let the Looking-Glass creatures, whatever they be,Come and dine with the Red Queen, the White Queen, and me."'
-- In a minute there was silence again, and the same shrill voice sang another verse;'"O Looking-Glass creatures," quoth Alice, "draw near!
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