搜尋結果
whistle
- IPA[ˈwɪsl]
英式
- a clear, high-pitched sound made by forcing breath through a small hole between partly closed lips, or between one's teeth.;a shrill, high-pitched sound
- emit a clear, high-pitched sound by forcing breath through a small hole between one's lips or teeth;produce (a tune) by whistling
noun: whistle, plural noun: whistles
- 釋義
- 片語
名詞
- 1. a clear, high-pitched sound made by forcing breath through a small hole between partly closed lips, or between one's teeth.
- ▪ a shrill, high-pitched sound the whistle of the boiling kettle
- ▪ an instrument used to produce a shrill, high-pitched sound, especially for giving a signal.
- 2. British informal a suit.
動詞
- 1. emit a clear, high-pitched sound by forcing breath through a small hole between one's lips or teeth the audience cheered and whistled
- ▪ produce (a tune) by whistling the postman whistled an old Rolling Stones number
- ▪ emit a shrill, high-pitched sound the kettle began to whistle
- ▪ produce a shrill, high-pitched sound by moving rapidly through the air or a narrow opening the wind was whistling down the chimney
- ▪ blow a whistle, especially as a signal the referee did not whistle for a foul