cackle
n. (母雞的)咯咯聲; 咯咯的笑聲; 刺耳的談笑聲; 停止閒談開始做事
vi. 發出咯咯聲
vt. 饒舌,嘰嘰呱呱地講; 格格笑著表示
If someone cackles, they laugh in a loud unpleasant way, often at something bad that happens to someone else.
The old lady cackled, pleased to have produced so dramatic a reaction...
看到引起如此大的反應,老太太高興得咯咯笑了起來。
Newington threw his head back and cackled with laughter.
紐因頓仰頭大笑。
1. the sound made by a hen after laying an egg
2. noisy talk
3. a loud laugh suggestive of a hen's cackle
1. talk or utter in a cackling manner;
2. squawk shrilly and loudly, characteristic of hens
3. emit a loud, unpleasant kind of laughing
cut the cackle
(非正式)少說廢話,談正題
He that will have egg must endure the cackle of hen.
要嘗甜頭,先吃苦頭.
Let's cut the cackle and get down to business.
廢話少說,開始幹正事吧.
We heard the cackle of the hen.
我們聽見了母雞下蛋後的咯咯叫聲.
I cackle by occasion of the forwardness of others.
我因為其他人的魯莽而咯咯直笑.
The manager let us cut the cackle.
經理讓我們不要閒談.