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单词 voice
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voicenoun

uk/vɔɪs/us/vɔɪs/

voice noun (SOUNDS)

B1 [ C ] the sounds that are made when people speak or sing:

She has a loud/quiet/soft voice.
a low-pitched/high-pitched voice
a booming/breathy/clear/deep/fruity/gravelly/husky/squeaky voice
a baritone/soprano singing voice
You could tell from her voice that she wasn't pleased.
"I don't know what you mean," said Fran in a quavering voice.
She lowered her voice to a whisper.
You'll have to raise your voice (= speak louder) if you want to be heard in here.
I have a cold and I think I'm losing my voice (= becoming unable to speak).
He's at that age when his voice is breaking (= changing from a boy's to a man's).
She's done a lot of work with voice-activated computers.
be in good voice

to be singing well:

The choir seems to be in good voice today!

More examples

  • Sometimes she speaks in this silly, girly voice.
  • I heard a voice from the cupboard shouting "Let me out!"
  • I had to raise my voice to make myself heard over the noise.
  • My mother had a beautiful singing voice when she was younger.
  • I could hear the babble of voices in the next room.

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Describing qualities of the human voice

  • aloud
  • break
  • breathy
  • dulcet
  • gruff
  • guttural
  • high-pitched
  • honeyed
  • lilting
  • rough
  • soft-spoken
  • stentorian
  • strangled
  • strangulated
  • throaty
  • tone
  • toned
  • toneless
  • vocal
  • voiced

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Singing

voice noun (OPINION)

C2 [ C often singular, U ] (the right to) an expression of opinion:

There was only one dissenting voice during the discussion.
Unfortunately a strike was the only way to make our voices heard.
The committee represents the voice of the students.
Developing countries are demanding a stronger voice (= right to express opinions) in the debate.

C2 [ S ] an important quality or opinion that someone expresses, or the person who is able to express it:

She just won't listen to the voice of reason.
I wouldn't work for Peter if I were you - this is the voice of experience talking!

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Opinions, beliefs and points of view

  • -ist
  • article of faith
  • attitude
  • attitudinal
  • baggage
  • banner
  • be a matter of opinion idiom
  • core
  • eye
  • judgment
  • manifesto
  • matter
  • mindset
  • mythology
  • stand
  • try sth out on sb
  • turn of mind
  • what makes sb tick idiom
  • your idea of sth idiom
  • your two cents' worth idiom

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Human rights
Speakers & talkers

voice noun (GRAMMAR)

[ S ] specialized language the relationship between the subject of the verb and the action described by the verb, or the forms of a verb that show this relationship:

the active/passive voice

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Linguistics: grammatical terms

  • ablative
  • apposition
  • attributive
  • collocate
  • comparative
  • declension
  • decline
  • dependent clause
  • grammar
  • grammarian
  • grammatical
  • independent clause
  • indirect object
  • inflect
  • interrogative
  • modifier
  • plurality
  • qualify
  • reflexive
  • superlative

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Idiom(s)

give voice to sth
voice within you
with one voice

voiceverb [ T ]

uk/vɔɪs/us/vɔɪs/

C2 to say what you think about a particular subject, especially to express a doubt, complaint, etc. that you have about it:

I have voiced my objections to the plan to management.

specialized phonetics to produce a sound by making the vocal cords move very quickly several times

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Expressing and asking opinions

  • apothegm
  • ask
  • come out
  • couch
  • day
  • editorialize
  • far
  • for my money idiom
  • pronounce
  • propound
  • put
  • put yourself across
  • remark
  • run
  • run sth by sb
  • screed
  • soapbox
  • sound off
  • talk
  • talk sth over

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Linguistics: phonology & phonetics
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