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单词 whistling
释义 whistling
I. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hwistlung, from hwistlian to whistle + -ung -ing
1.
 a. : an act or instance of emitting whistles
  < by repeated whistling and the display of a red lamp they managed to warn the driver — O.S.Nock >
  < myna birds kept up an impudent cackling and whistling — John Dos Passos >
 b. : whistle
  < the whistling of the wind >
2. : roaring 2
II. adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from present participle of whistlen to whistle
: equipped with or making the sound of a whistle
 < whistling teakettle >
 < came in to land in a whistling sideslip — Sydney (Australia) Bulletin >
whis·tling·ly adverb
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