单词 | whistling |
释义 | whistling (once / 738 pages) n WORD FAMILY whistling: whistlings+/whistle: whistled, whistler, whistles, whistling/whistler: whistlers USAGE EXAMPLESWhile the whistler had moved on by the time police arrived, cops still located him and, according to Herb, he was still whistling “Closing Time.” Time(Nov 29, 2016) Then she started to laugh so hard that she staggered, her tall body bending like a whistling pine tree on a windy day. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Purple Hibiscus(2003) Recently she told a 41-year-old stockbroker to “speak up” to colleagues who were annoying him by whistling. Economist(Nov 24, 2016) 1n the sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture Syn|Hyper whistle sound the sudden occurrence of an audible event 2n the act of whistling a tune his cheerful whistling indicated that he enjoyed his work Hyper music musical activity (singing or whistling etc.) 3n the act of signalling (e.g., summoning) by whistling or blowing a whistle Syn|Hyper whistle sign, signal, signaling any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message |
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