no obj.［often as noun caterwauling］
- (of a cat) make a shrill howling or wailing noise（猫）尖声号叫, 作哭叫声：
the caterwauling of a pair of bobcats
一对美洲野猫的号叫
as adj. caterwauling figurative〈喻〉a caterwauling guitar.一把琴声尖厉的吉他。
- a shrill howling or wailing noise尖声号叫, 哭叫声。
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