| 单词 | steam whistle |
| 释义 | steam whistle (once / 44602 pages) n WORD FAMILY steam whistle: steam whistles USAGE EXAMPLESAnd then for two pages, he’s just hearing: hearing a steam whistle, hearing people’s voices, hearing an opera. John Green, Paper Towns(2008) The steam whistles were salvaged from old ships, trains and factories. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2014) At last there came another steam whistle blast, closer this time, definitely drawing closer, and he slammed his coffee cup to the table. David Guterson, Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel(1994) n a whistle in which the sound is produced by steam; usually attached to a steam boiler Hyper whistle acoustic device that forces air or steam against an edge or into a cavity and so produces a loud shrill sound |
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