ululate(动词):发出尖长、颤动的高声;(尤指在哀悼、庆祝或呼喊时)发出类似嚎叫/呜咽般的尖啸声。(也常见名词形式 ululation:尖长颤音、尖啸)
/ˈjuːl.jʊˌleɪt/
The audience began to ululate when the singer returned to the stage.
当歌手回到舞台时,观众开始发出尖长的欢呼声。
As the procession passed, women ululated in grief, their voices rising and falling like waves.
队伍经过时,女人们以尖长的颤音哀号,声音起伏如浪。
来自拉丁语 ululāre,意为“嚎叫、哀号(像猫头鹰或狼的叫声)”。英语中多用于描写尖锐、拖长、带颤的声音,常带有强烈的情绪色彩(哀悼、狂喜、仪式感等)。