单词 | susurration |
释义 | susurrationn. a. Whispering; occasionally a whisper; in early use, malicious whispering, tattle. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [noun] > whispering whisperingc975 roundingOE susurrationa1425 tutelingc1440 tittlinga1450 whistering1586 whisper1609 whisperation1710 whisht1773 the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat > gossiping taling1382 susurrationa1425 trattlinga1425 tittlinga1450 tattlea1529 tittle-tattlea1529 tittle-tattlinga1586 news-making1707 gossiping1712 gossipry1818 gossipred1828 anecdoting1845 calleting1905 hen-cackle1907 a1425 (a1400) Northern Pauline Epist. (1916) 2 Cor. xii. 20 Discencyouns, bacbytyngys, susurracyouns. 1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) ii. ix. sig. l.iii v Susurracyon is for to speke cursyd langage by malyce for to put noyses in some persones. 1503 tr. Kalendayr Shyppars sig. cvii The branchys of enwy detraccyon, adulacyon, sussuracyon. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. FFiiiv Susurracion or preuy sclaundre. 1631 I. Craven Gods Tribunall 28 The secret susurrations and buzzings of false tongues. 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Physical Inst. i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. D3v Apuleius..asserts, that by a magical susurration..rivers are turned back. 1708 Brit. Apollo 2–4 June To Inlighten their Offuscated Intellects, upon the least Petitionary Susurration. 1824 C. Lamb Lett. (1935) II. 455 Not a susurration of this to anybody! 1855 T. De Quincey in ‘H. A. Page’ T. De Quincey: Life & Writings (1877) II. xviii. 99 Every syllable and fragment of susurration that might..betray the tendency of our colloquy. 1892 Harper's Mag. Aug. 331/1 The crossing of the hands is accompanied by a muttering and susurration of the lips. b. transferred. A rustling murmur. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > faintness or weakness > [noun] > faint or weak sound > whispering sound whisping1379 whispering1610 whisper1638 susurration1640 susurring1826 susurrus1826 susurrence1909 whiffle1972 1640 J. Howell Δενδρολογια 2 Those soft susurrations of the Trees. 1867 Macmillan's Mag. Jan. 234/1 There is no sound but the susurration of the taller trees. 1888 Harper's Mag. Apr. 736 There is a constant susurration, a blattering and swarming of crustacea. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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