cry、shout、exclaim、roar、scream、shriek、yell与call这些动词的共同含义是“喊”或“叫”。
cry : 一般指因恐惧、痛苦、惊奇等而喊叫。
- "Watch out!" she cried.
“当心！”她叫道。 - She ran to the window and cried for help.
她跑到窗口呼喊救命。
shout : 指有意识地高声喊叫，常用于提出警告、发命令或唤起注意等。
- Dad really shouted at me when I broke the window.
我打碎了窗户后，父亲冲我大吼大叫。 - He shouted abuse at the judge after being sentenced to five years' imprisonment.
被判5年监禁之后，他大声辱骂法官。
exclaim : 多指因高兴、愤怒、痛苦、惊讶等突发感情而高声喊叫。
- "Nonsense!" he exclaimed in disgust.
“废话！”他充满厌恶地大声喝道。 - She exclaimed in delight upon hearing the news.
她听到这个消息高兴得叫了起来。
roar : 指发出大而深沉的声音、吼叫或咆哮。
- The crowd roared.
人群一片喧哗。 - We could hear the lions roaring at the other end of the zoo.
我们可以听到狮子在动物园的另一端咆哮。
scream : 指因恐具、快乐或痛苦而发出的尖叫声。
- A spider landed on her pillow and she screamed.
一只蜘蛛爬上了她的枕头，她惊叫起来。 - Through the smoke, the rescuers could hear people screaming for help.
透过烟雾，救援者可以听见人们在喊救命。
shriek : 指因惊恐、痛苦等或其它感情而发出比scream更为尖锐、刺耳的叫声。
- We shrieked with laughter when we realized how stupid we'd been.
意识到自己有多愚蠢时，我们大笑了起来。 - I tried to apologize, but he just shrieked abuse at me.
我想道歉，但他却冲着我高声辱骂。
yell : 多指求援、鼓励时的呼叫。也可指因外界因素刺激而发出尖厉声音。
- The child yelled out in pain.
孩子痛得大叫起来。 - "Just get out of here!" she yelled.
“滚出去！”她大吼道。 - Our neighbours were yelling (obscenities) at each other this morning.
今天早晨我们的邻居在互相破口大骂。
call : 指大声说话或喊叫，以引起某人的注意。
- Did you call?
是你在叫吗？ - "Hey, you! Come over here!" she called.
“嗨，你！到这儿来！”她叫道。 - The blackbird called to its mate.
乌鸫呼唤它的配偶。
