| 单词 | sounding |
| 释义 | sounding (saʊndɪŋ ) Word forms: soundings 1. singular noun The sounding of a bell or a horn is the act of causing it to make a sound. There were 15 minutes between the first air raid alert and the sounding of the all-clear signal. 2. countable noun [usually plural] If you take soundings, you try to find out people's opinions on a subject. She will take soundings of the people's wishes before deciding on a course of action. [+ of] -sounding (-saʊndɪŋ ) 1. combining form -sounding combines with adjectives to indicate a quality that a word, phrase, or name seems to have. Many literary academics simply parrot a set of impressive-sounding phrases. ...faraway places with strange-sounding names. 2. See also high-sounding |
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