| 单词 | laughing hyena |
| 例句 | When I was a kid my father called me the laughing hyena.” Phyllis Diller dead at 95 2012-08-20T19:41:00Z “Well, but the laughing hyenas are in cages,” explained Carolyn May. Carolyn of the Corners 2011-08-10T02:00:14.997Z Spotted hyenas are often called “laughing hyenas” because their giggle vocalization sounds very much like hysterical human laughter. Scientist at Work: Why Do Hyenas Laugh? 2011-07-11T11:53:02Z They are often called “laughing hyenas,” yet their giggles indicate not that the caller is amused, but rather that it is frightened or being harassed. Scientist at Work: Why Study Hyenas? 2011-06-21T20:59:20Z “First thing you know, they’ll be locking you up as a couple of laughing hyenas, because you are making such a racket.” Nan Sherwood on the Mexican Border 2011-05-26T02:00:20.467Z I come in singing, not knowing anything, and Abby calls me a laughing hyena; and I am scarcely in the room before you set me down as a savage! Daisy Burns (Volume 1) 2011-05-20T02:00:34.097Z “How can you expect me to find the future for a pack of laughing hyenas that don’t believe what I’m telling them, anyway?” Peggy Parsons at Prep School 2011-04-01T02:00:43.170Z "And for the laughing hyena, too, I guess," parried the fat youth, as the corporal went off into a paroxysm of suddenly checked laughter. The Boy Scouts On The Range 2011-01-27T03:00:45.810Z The night was calm, and nothing broke the stillness save the discordant, mocking cry of a laughing hyena far behind, with an occasional, distant shout rising from the city in front. The Mother of St. Nicholas A Story of Duty and Peril A strong term, but scarcely misapplied to this plucky and hilarious tiger, whom we conclude, from his continual grinning, to have been a near relation of the laughing hyena. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 Fountain: "No, but you called me a laughing hyena, and said I scoffed at everything sacred." The Daughter of the Storage And Other Things in Prose and Verse But one great difficulty, we imagine, will be to persuade the laughing hyena and certain other rowdy animals not to take part in the performances. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, May 20, 1914 The laughing hyena heard near the folds last night. Six Months at the Cape The striped or ferocious hyena, called the shard-wolf; and another, which the colonists call the bay-wolf, and which I believe to be the one known as the laughing hyena. The Mission; or Scenes in Africa The laughing hyena had to be carried into the Ark and put to bed for fear she would laugh herself to death. The Cruise of the Noah's Ark Richard's old cynicism was for the moment restored, and the laughing philosopher—who is only a laughing hyena in trousers and cutaway—shone out in all a former Abderitish glory. The President A novel "Let her away, you laughing hyena," he yelled to the unlucky Sylvanus, who regained his mental balance and laid his back to the tiller the other way. Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life "Remember the laughing hyena?" demanded the owner, angrily. Best Short Stories A ghoul might seem to have set it going, and laughing hyenas to be chorusing it. The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood Now WALL, being ordained a poor man and a Chartist, is endowed with a “laughing hyena” countenance. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, October 30, 1841 In passing, the cachinnations of the laughing hyena are rather a series of high-voiced self-conscious titters than laughter. African Camp Fires The striped or ferocious hyena, called the shard-wolf, and another which the colonists call the bay-wolf, and which I believe to be the one known as the laughing hyena. The Mission They went to the theater, and when Montgomery sprang a joke or Stone did a fall Miss Dunlap showed her appreciation after the fashion of a laughing hyena. Laughing Bill Hyde and Other Stories "This is—" "Fwazznoid," interrupted Atmananda loudly. "—and Puzzles has been with us for three years," continued the guide, trying to ignore the man monkeying around with the four laughing hyenas. Take Me for a Ride: coming of age in a destructive cult Their peculiarly weird moans came in chorus; and every once in a while arose the shrill, prolonged titter that has earned them the name of "laughing hyena." The Leopard Woman There is a beast, too, called the "laughing hyena," and a dismal beast he is. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 25, November, 1859 The laughing hyenas that night caroused undisturbed on his abandoned remains. Narrative of Captivity in Abyssinia with Some Account of the Late Emperor the Late Emperor Theodore, His Country and People And yet, how weary had he become of describing to his gaping audience, for the three hundred and sixtieth time, the daily habits of the laughing hyena, and the exact manner in which kangaroos jump! The Magician's Show Box and Other Stories You can't make a household pet out of a laughing hyena. We Can't Have Everything I have heard, indeed, of the laughing hyena; but my information respecting it is mainly drawn from Shakspeare, who was rather a great philosopher and poet than a great naturalist. The Recreations of a Country Parson By Hades, I will not have any client of mine gagged and badgered in this fashion by a pack of curs and laughing hyenas. Ulysses I suppose they told you how, with their lies and fair promises, they tricked me out, and set me before an audience of brutes and laughing hyenas to make merry over. The Twins of Table Mountain |
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