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SCREAM
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Traducere în limba română
scream I. verb A. intranzitiv
1. (despre persoane, păsări, animale) a ţipa, a striga, a urla; a zbiera, a scoate ţipete ascuţite / pătrunzătoare;
to scream (out) with pain a striga / a urla de durere;
to scream for help a striga, a zbiera după ajutor;
the baby screamed all night copilul a ţipat / a zbierat / a urlat toată noaptea;
the peacock screams păunul ţipă / scoate ţipete (ascuţite).
2. (fig.) to scream with laughter a se strâmba / a se strica de râs, a râde cu hohote;
he was so funny, he made us scream era aşa de nostim / de comic că ne-a făcut să ne strâmbăm de râs / să râdem cu bohote.
3. (despre vânt, maşini, locomotivă) a şuiera, a fluiera.
4. (sl.) a-şi denunţa (complicii), a ciripi.
5. (despre culori) a ţipa, a fi ţipătoare, a supăra ochii.
scream I. verb B. tranzitiv
1. a pronunţa, a rosti strigând / ţipând / zbierând (cuvinte, înjurături, blesteme, provocări etc.);
to scream curses a urla înjurături / blesteme.
2. to scream out a song a cânta zbierând / urlând, a urla un cântec.
3. to scream oneself hoarse a răguşi strigând, a urla până la răguşeală.
scream II. substantiv
1. strigăt, ţipăt, urlet (de durere, de groază, de frică); ţipăt ascuţit, strigăt pătrunzător;
to utter a scream of pain a scoate un ţipăt / un urlet de durere;
to give a scream a scoate un ţipăt ascuţit / un strigăt pătrunzător.
2. (fig.) screams of laughter hohote de râs.
3. (sl.) om sau lucru amuzant / grotesc / comic;
it was a perfect scream era ca să mori de râs / ca să te strici de râs;
in that part he was a perfect scream în rolul acela era foarte amuzant/ comic/ nostim;
(amer.) a scream of a bunch o bandă de cheflii veseli;
she is a scream e o bomboană de fată;
he is a scream e ocnă.
Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:
Suddenly Miss Murdstone gave such a scream that I all but dropped it.
(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)
“Watch out!” I heard Maud scream.
(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)
Scream as he might, it would not help him.
(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)
“Nothing of the sort, sir!” screamed the little man.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“Saved, by the Lord!” screamed Belcher.
(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“What’s this?” he cried in a high, screaming voice.
(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
On your forehead I touch this piece of Sacred Wafer in the name of the Father, the Son, and—There was a fearful scream which almost froze our hearts to hear.
(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)
A wild scream of fear and anguish hastened them.
(White Fang, de Jack London)
The huge steel hook had been passed through the collar of his leather jerkin, and there he hung like a fish on a line, writhing, twisting, and screaming, but utterly unable to free himself from his extraordinary position.
(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The latter, though unable to speak, seemed to feel all the tenderness of this behaviour, and after some time thus spent in joint affliction, she put all the letters into Elinor's hands; and then covering her face with her handkerchief, almost screamed with agony.
(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)
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