单词 | rewhisper |
释义 | rewhisperv. transitive. To whisper (something) again or in reply. Also with direct speech as object. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > speak in a particular manner [verb (intransitive)] > whisper whisperc950 roundOE tutel?c1225 whistera1382 mumc1390 runka1500 susurr1529 whista1555 susurrate1623 rewhisper1753 cutter1781 whittie-whattie1821 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison I. xxxvii. 271 I'll be hang'd if Miss Byron thinks so, re-whisper'd she. 1782 F. Burney Cecilia V. ix. vi. 121 ‘Surely he will not come in here?’ re-whispered Cecilia. 1840 F. M. Trollope Life & Adventures Michael Armstrong x. 109 ‘I am too ill, my dear, to bear that room again,’ rewhispered Miss Brotherton. 1893 B. Carman Low Tide on Grand Pré 92 And the Mother there once more Will rewhisper her dark word. 1906 Punch 26 Sept. 230/3 The Confidential Clerk, who was a tolerant person, re-whispered his advice. 1940 Copeia No. 2. 63 They will be retold and rewhispered for years to come. 1995 C.-R. Lee in MELUS (2004) Autumn 345 I would rewhisper all the words. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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