caterwaul

verb

1. （猫）号叫
   to make the loud unpleasant noise that is typical of a cat

1. VERB (如猫一般)尖声怪叫，号叫
   If a person or animal caterwauls, they make a loud, high, unpleasant noise like the noise that cats make when they fight.
   1. ...shrieking and caterwauling in mock distress.
      故作悲伤地尖叫
   2. Caterwaul is also a noun.
      
   3. ...blood-curdling caterwauls.
      令人毛骨悚然的尖叫

1. A raucous cry is a "caterwaul".
   沙哑的叫声被说成是“猫叫”；
2. We were woken by a high, snarling caterwaul, a sort of screaming wail.
   我们被一声尖厉的叫声惊醒，那是一种尖声的嚎叫。

noun

1. the yowling sound made by a cat in heat

verb

1. utter shrieks, as of cats

   Synonym:    yowl