(of sounds or voices )聲音或嗓音 very high and loud, in an unpleasant way synonym piercing刺耳的;尖聲的;尖厲的 The PE teacher’s shrill voice rang out across the school fields. 體育老師刺耳的嗓音傳遍整個學校操場。 The shrill cries of children broke the silence. 孩子們刺耳的哭聲打破了寂靜。
loud and determined but often unreasonable 鬧着非要…不可的;不依不饒的 shrill demands/protests 堅持要求;拼命抗議
Word Originlate Middle English: of Germanic origin; related to Low German schrell ‘sharp in tone or taste’.