| 词汇 | whisper |
| 释义 | whisper verb uk /ˈwɪs.pər/ us /ˈwɪs.pɚ/ whisperverb (SPEAK)B2[ I or T ] to speak very quietly, using the breath but not the voice, so that only the person close to you can hear you: 小声说话;低语;耳语 She leaned over and whispered something in his ear.她俯身对他耳语了些什么。 What are you two girls whispering about?你们两个女孩子在窃窃私语些什么？ [ + speech ]"Where are the toilets?" she whispered.“洗手间在哪里？”她低声问道。 It's rude to whisper!窃窃私语是不礼貌的！ to talk to someone talkA group of men were talking in the street. speakCould I speak to you privately? sayI couldn't hear what they were saying. chatWe were just chatting about the party. have a chatWe had a little chat over the garden wall. chatterThey spent the morning chattering away. She leaned forward to whisper something in my ear.她倾身向前，对我耳语了一番。 She leaned over and whispered something in his ear.她俯身对他耳语了些什么。 The person on my left turned to me and whispered "Not another speech!".我左边的人转向我，耳语道：“可别再来一场演讲！” They're the couple in the corner, whispering sweet nothings to each other. She heard them whispering conspiratorially in the bedroom. Ways of talking atonally beg the questionidiom blah blither come out coo pipe up prate sink to a whisperidiom spit something out spluttery stammer stiltedly talk nonsenseidiom talk through your hatidiom tattle turn of phrase undertone wax witter whisperverb (SUGGEST)[ + that ] to suggest privately that something might be true: 私下里说;传闻 People are whispering that she's going to retire next year.人们私下里说她明年要退休了。 Revealing secrets & becoming known anti-secrecy backchannel bare bare your heart/soulidiom blow someone's coveridiom blow/take the lid off somethingidiom declassify divulge hold huddle kiss put the word outidiom rat rat on someone/something reintroduce revealingly state's evidence surface tip unravel whisper noun uk /ˈwɪs.pər/ us /ˈwɪs.pɚ/ whispernoun (SPEECH)[ C ] a way of speaking very quietly, using the breath but not the voice, so that only the person close to you can hear you: 小声说话;低语;耳语 I heard whispers outside my room.我听见有人在我房间外窃窃私语。 She said it in a whisper so I presumed it wasn't common knowledge. "You see," she said, lowering her voice to a whisper, "he hasn't been well recently."她说这件事时声音很小，所以我推断并不是人人都知道。“你知道，”她说着就把声音压得很低，“他最近身体一直不太好。” [ S ]literary a soft, low noise: 沙沙声;飒飒声 The silence was broken only by the whisper of the leaves in the gentle breeze.这片寂静被微风吹拂树叶的沙沙声打破了。 Ways of talking atonally beg the questionidiom blah blither come out coo pipe up prate sink to a whisperidiom spit something out spluttery stammer stiltedly talk nonsenseidiom talk through your hatidiom tattle turn of phrase undertone wax witter You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Sounds made by objects, movement or impact whispernoun (SUGGESTION)[ C ] a suggestion or piece of information that you hear privately from someone: 传闻;私下的议论 I've heard a whisper that they're heading for divorce.我听人们私下里说他们要离婚。 Gossip and rumour a little bird told meidiom anecdotal bird bush telegraph dig for dirt dirt ear exposure gossip hear (something) through/on the grapevineidiom hearsay lip on everyone's lipsidiom peddle rumoured say-so scandal scaremongering snippety your ears must be burningidiom whisper | American Dictionarywhisper verb[ I/T ] us/ˈhwɪs·pər, ˈwɪs-/ to say something very quietly, using the breath but not the voice: [ I ]What are you girls whispering about? whispernoun[ C ]us/ˈhwɪs·pər, ˈwɪs-/ They spoke in whispers, not wanting anyone to hear them. Examples of whisperwhisper In addition, there are also sounds that suggest human agency; bells, soft male and female voices, and whispers. In the processes of storytelling, like a parlour game of whispers passed on, the truth was continually distorted. They differ in the same way that whispering and shouting a given word differ, that is, they differ only paralinguistically. Words might be whispered, wailed with a police siren or roared with a motorbike. He may be right, because whispering seems to include the full range of phonemes. The guru whispers the mantra in the disciple's ear, and with that the disciple is ushered in as one of the group. She sometimes demonstrated how she responded to pupils, whispering to check fidgeting, raising her voice to attract attention or just staring to indicate disapproval. Earlier before the actual hunt the hunters had been whispering amongst themselves and when they wanted the dogs to give all they got they would make the loud noise. They also found that classroom interaction not only helps the students who are selected to speak but also other learners as they participate peripherally by whispering answers. Almost as soon as the report was published there began to be whispers that it was full of mistakes, that it revealed a basic ignorance of the industry. The decision will have to be made on merit and not through the kind of political horsetrading that is currently being whispered about. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English There have still been whispers of it in the debate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Up to now, it has only been whispered behind the scenes that there are constant discussions about the upper limit. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English I hear sometimes whispers, hardly more than whispers, of possible terms of peace. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My noble friend beside me has just whispered to me that that is because in public schools they are never allowed to mention girls. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of whisper These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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