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  • adj.biting; shrilling; desolate; dreary; (of sound) sad and shrill; forlorn and bitter

    • bào jǐng qì xiǎng zhe qī lì de jiān xiào shēng

      报警凄厉

      Sirens wailed.

    • fáng jiān li huí dàng zhe dà tí qín dī chén ér qī lì de shēng yīn

      房间回荡大提琴低沉凄厉声音

      The house was filled with the cello's dismal squeaks and groans.

    • nà gǒu qī lì de jiào zhe bìng tuì zǒu le

      凄厉退走

      The dog howled and slunk away.