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screech (v.)
[screech 词源字典]
1570s, alteration of
scritch
(mid-13c.,
schrichen
), possibly of imitative origin (compare
shriek
). Related:
Screeched
;
screeching
.
Screech-owl
is attested from 1590s (
scritch-owl
is from 1520s).
[screech etymology, screech origin, 英语词源]
screech (n.)
1550s, from
screech
(v.). Earlier
scritch
(1510s).