| 单词 | audible |
| 释义 | audible (once / 537 pages) adjn Something audible can be heard. Sometimes things that people don't want others to hear become audible, such as a growling stomach during a quiet moment at the movies. Coming from the Latin audīre, "to hear," audible is an adjective meaning "heard" or "hearable." A scream is audible, a barking dog next door is audible, and a siren is audible. Why do some writers use the expression "a barely audible whisper?" Isn’t that what a whisper is — something you can barely hear? WORD FAMILYaudible: audibility, audibleness, audibler, audibles, audiblest, audibly, inaudible+/inaudible: inaudibility, inaudibleness, inaudibly USAGE EXAMPLESSamuelson’s roar was audible in the now-silenced Maryland arena as she sat on the floor and pumped her fists in the air. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) In the final minute, Kennedy senior Jomaite Tavarez threw a lazy inbound pass and promptly received an audible chiding from Nelson. Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016) His opening statement Thursday about the death of television reporter Craig Sager was barely audible. Washington Times(Dec 15, 2016) 1adj heard or perceptible by the ear he spoke in an audible whisper Syn|Ant hearable clunky making a clunking sound sonicrelating to audible sound soundingmaking or having a sound as specified; used as a combining form loudcharacterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity perceptiblecapable of being perceived by the mind or senses inaudible, unhearable impossible to hear; imperceptible by the ear breathed, voicelessuttered without voice infrasonichaving frequencies below those of audible sound silenthaving a frequency below or above the range of human audibility silent, unsoundednot made to sound supersonic, ultrasonichaving frequencies above those of audible sound unheardnot necessarily inaudible but not heard imperceptible, unperceivableimpossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses quietfree of noise or uproar; or making little if any sound 2n a football play is changed orally after both teams have assumed their positions at the line of scrimmage Hyper football play (American football) a play by the offensive team |
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