1650s, a type of noisemaker (Johnson describes it as a "squeaking instrument") used to express dissatisfaction in play-houses, from cat (n.) + call (n.); presumably because it sounded like an angry cat. As a verb, attested from 1734.
雙語例句
1. Temporarily full - court in an uproar, the catcall below the stage.
一時(shí)全場(chǎng)嘩然, 臺(tái)下噓聲一片.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
2. Take a press photographer in the company large activity and catcall.