Harry gave a high skirl of laughter that had little amusement in it.

哈利大笑起来， 笑声中并没有什么好笑的。

The whining skirl of the pipes had struck dread into the Germans on the Somme, who had called the kilted pipers “Ladies from Hell”.

风笛发出的哀声使法国索姆河畔的德国佬望，们苏格兰短裙的风笛手叫作“来自地狱的女人”。

For with wild cries and a noise of skirling pipes and shrill horns blowing, the whole of that vile rabble came sweeping off the hill-top and down the slope right past their hiding-place.

因为只听见阵阵野蛮的叫喊，尖锐的风笛声、号角声响成一片，那帮恶劣的暴徒从山顶上一哄而下，正好经过她们藏的地方。