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单词 batsqueak
释义

batsqueak

English

Etymology

From bat + squeak.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbatskwiːk/

Noun

batsqueak (plural batsqueaks)

  1. The ultrasonic noise emitted by a bat, especially as used for echolocation.
  2. A faint echo (of something); a tiny pulse, a slight wave (of feeling, emotion etc.).
    • 2002, Melveena McKendrick, "Men Behaving Badly", Identities in Crisis, Reichenberger 2002, p. 220:
      Gómez Arias, like don Álvaro, dies without our feeling a batsqueak of regret because neither is given any redeeming features.
    • 2005, Sue Prideaux, Edvard Munch: Behind the Scream, Yale 2007, p. 37:
      The first infernal batsqueak of insanity was making itself heard in a new generation.
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