| 单词 | ululation |
| 释义 | ululation|ʌljuːˈleɪʃən, ˈjuːl-|
[ad. L. ululātiōn-, ululātio, noun of action f. ululāre: see prec. So obs. F. ululation, -acion.]
1. A howl or wail; a cry of lamentation.
1599R. Linche Fount. Anc. Fiction O j b, Scilla,..with her vncouth and lowd barking and howling, make[s] the waters thereabout resound with an incredible report and eccho of such her strange vlulations. 1606Dekker Newes fr. Hell Wks. (Grosart) II. 130 What tongue is able to relate the grones and vlulations of a wretch so distressed? 1654R. Codrington tr. Iustine xii. 191 They did by instinct break forth into the sacred ululations of the God. 1689R. Cox Hibernia Angl. i. Appar. l 2, They bury their Dead with great Ululations or Allelews. 1812Colman Poet. Vagaries, Lady of Wreck xxxi, Again the horns were fill'd by all, And ululations shook the Hall. 1827–39De Quincey Murder Postscr., Wks. 1854 IV. 100 The ululation of vengeance which ascended instantaneously from the individual street. 1856F. E. Paget Owlet of Owlst. 169 Master Maximilian checked his ululations. 1881Blackw. Mag. Sept. 341 The women..burst forth in a shrill scream, with a quaver or ululation resembling the note of the screech-owl.
2. The action of howling or wailing.
1799Coleridge Mahomet 11 The people with mad shouts Thundering now, and now with saddest ululation Flew. 1848Lowell Biglow P. Ser. i. ix. Introd., The laborers..are heard to shout from behind the scenes in a singular tone resembling ululation. 1886Swinburne Misc. 98 Who uttered in public or in private such high-pitched notes of ululation and imprecation. |
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