strident

• adj.耳をつんざくような; きしむような; キーキー言う; きしむような; ガタガタ言う

ラテン語のstridere「こする」、PIE*strei「刺す」から。

strident

strident: [17] Strident was adopted from the present participle of Latin strīdēre ‘make a harsh noise, creak’. This also produced English stridulate [19], which denotes the sound made by grasshoppers.
=> stridulate

strident (adj.)

1650s, from French strident (16c.) and directly from Latin stridentem (nominative stridens), present participle of stridere "utter an inarticulate sound, grate, screech," from PIE *(s)trei-, possibly of imitative origin (cognates: Greek trismos "a grinding, scream"). Related: Stridently; stridence; stridency.

1. She tried to laugh，and the sound was harsh and strident .

彼女は笑いたいが、声は鋭く耳障りに聞こえる。

2.Demands for his resignation have become more and more strident .

辞任を求める声が強まっている。

3.He could hear Hilton 's strident voice rising in vehement argument with Houston.

ヒューストンと激しく口論しているヒルトンの咆哮が聞こえる。

4.She was increasingly seen as a strident feminist.

彼女はますます強硬なフェミニストと見なされている。

5.He is a strident advocate of nuclear power.

彼は原子力を発展させる堅固な支持者である。