adj. 刺耳的；尖锐的；吱吱尖叫的；轧轧作响的
词根：stridor
adv.
stridently 刺耳地；尖声地
n.
stridor [内科] 喘鸣；尖锐刺耳声
stridence 刺耳，刺目
stridulation 磨擦声；尖锐的声音；鸣声
vi.
stridulate 发尖锐的摩擦声（尤指昆虫如蟋蟀所发）
1.Denunciations will only grow more strident.
谴责只会让事态变得更加尖锐。
2.I'm sympathetic to that view, but I think it's unnecessarily strident.
我赞同这种看法，但是我想没有必要这么尖锐。
3.Its vowels include plain pharyngealised strident and breathy and they carry four tones.
元音包括简单音，咽音，刺耳音，气音，而且有四个声调。
4.In the final chapter, however, he adopts a far more strident voice.
然而，在最后的章节中，它却采取了更为尖锐的表达。
5.She seemed oblivious to strident British demands for the repatriation of EU powers.
她似乎已经忘记英国所提出的刻薄要求——将欧盟的权利重新划回各国。
6.The bluff strident words struck the note sailors understood, and they cheered him lustily.
水手们听明白了他直率而粗鲁的话语，他们热烈地为他欢呼。