cackle

名词 cackle:

1. the sound made by a hen after laying an egg
2. noisy talk
   同义词：yak, yack, yakety-yak, chatter
3. a loud laugh suggestive of a hen's cackle

动词 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

1. The manager let us cut the cackle.
   经理让我们不要闲谈。
2. The old woman gave a loud cackle.
   老太太咯咯地笑起来。

cack.le

v.（动词）
cack.led,cack.ling,cack.les
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To make the shrill cry characteristic of a hen after laying an egg.
咯咯地叫：母鸡下蛋后发出的以尖叫为特征的叫声
To laugh or talk in a shrill manner.
咯咯地笑：尖声地笑或谈话
v.tr.（及物动词）
To utter in cackles.
咯咯地说出
n.（名词）
The act or sound of cackling.
咯咯：咯咯的动作或声音
Shrill laughter.
尖笑者：尖声大笑的人
Foolish chatter.
饶舌：愚笨的废话

来源：
Middle English cakelen
中古英语 cakelen
probably from Middle Low German k3keln
可能源自 中古低地德语 k3keln
[of imitative origin]
[起源于模仿的]

【引伸】
cack.ler
n.（名词）