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whisper/ˈwɪspə(r)//ˈwɪspər/ ★★★★★v. - whispers
- whispering
- whispered
- whispered
vi- ① 1低语,耳语,悄声说话2说闲话<about>
- Why are you whispering?你[你们]为什么耳语?
- They whispered to each other.他们彼此低语。
- He whispered in my ear.他对我附耳私语。
- I know that they are whispering.我知道他们在说闲话。
- Her colleagues were whispering about her.她的同事在说她的闲话。
- ② (风、树叶等)作沙沙声,作飒飒声
- The wind was whispering in the trees.风在林中飒飒作响。
vt- ① 悄声说,低声说
- He whispered a word to me [in my ear].他跟我[在我的耳朵]低声说一句话。
- He whispered (to me) that he would resign.他低声(跟我)说他将辞职。
- "Keep quiet, "he whispered.「保持安静,」他低声说。
- ② 1传开(秘密等),传布<about, around, round>(★常用被动式)2(人们)悄悄传说,秘密传话<about, around, round>(★通常用It is whispered [It is being whispered about] that ....的句型)
- The news was being whispered around the village.那项消息在该村四处流传。
- It is whispered [It's being whispered around] that he's heavily in debt.流言说他负债累累。
n- ① 耳语,低语,悄悄话
- He spoke [answered] in a whisper.他低声说话[回答]。
- They talked in whispers.他们悄声说话。
- ② 谣传,流言(=rumor)
- I've heard a whisper that she's going to marry Bill soon.我听到一项谣传,说她即将嫁给比尔。
- There're whispers going around [round] that the company is likely to go bankrupt.该公司可能破产的风声正在流传。
- There's a whisper about war.有一项有关战争的谣言。
- ③[通常用单数形]飒飒声,沙沙声
- the whisper of the wind in the trees风在林中的飒飒声
- the whisper of the leaves in the wind叶子在风中的沙沙声
同义词- gossipv.说闲话
- murmurv.呢喃
- mutterv.呢喃
- rumorv.说谣言
- rustlev.作沙沙声
- sighv.叹气
- blab
- breath
- breathe
- confide
- dash
- ghost
- hair
- hint
- intimation
- mumble
- noise
- semblance
- shade
- shadow
- sough
- soupon
- streak
- suggestion
- suspicion
- susurration
- susurrus
- talk
- taste
- tattle
- tinge
- tittle-tattle
- touch
- trace
- whiff
- whisker
- rustling
- voicelessness
- whispering
词路径- entity
- abstraction
- abstract entity
- communication
- auditory communication
- utterance
- vocalization
- speaking
- speech production
- whisper
- whispering
- susurration
- voicelessness
上位词- noise
- speaking
- speech production
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