| 词汇 | whistled |
| 释义 | whistled past simple and past participle ofwhistle whistle verb uk /ˈwɪs.əl/ us /ˈwɪs.əl/ B2[ I or T ] to make a high sound by forcing air through a small hole or passage, especially through the lips, or through a special device held to the lips: 吹哨子;（尤指）吹口哨;用口哨吹出 He whistled as he worked.他一边工作一边吹口哨。 On the days when she wore a skirt the men on the building site would whistle at her.那些天她穿了裙子，建筑工地的男人们一见到她就冲她吹口哨。 Someone was whistling Beatles tunes outside my window.有人在我窗外用口哨吹着甲壳虫乐队的曲子。 The referee whistled and the game was over.裁判吹响了哨子，比赛结束了。 [ I+ adv/prep ] to make a long, high sound while moving quickly through or past something: 呼啸而过 She heard the wind whistling through the trees and the howl of a distant wolf.她听见风呼啸着穿过树丛，远处还有狼的嚎叫声。 I stepped out of the building and immediately a bullet whistled past my head.我刚走出大楼，马上就有一颗子弹从我头边呼啸而过。 [ I ] When birds whistle, they sing in high musical notes: （鸟）啼啭，啭鸣 The birds were whistling in the early morning quiet.鸟儿在寂静的清晨啭鸣。 He whistled to call his dogs. She always whistles in the bath. He was whistling a merry tune. Sounds made by humans with their mouths catcaller catcalling caterwauling crow crunch crunch on something embouchure groan rasp raspberry squall squally ululate ululation unsounded vocalization wail whistle whoop yelp You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Sounds made by objects, movement or impact Animal (non-human) sounds Examples of whistledwhistled In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. In this example, the shape of the whistled signal envelope parallels that of the spoken signal. He found no transposition of consonants or vowels, and concluded : 'in the whistled language the absence of the segmental features gives opportunity for ambiguities'. The reader may also have noticed finer points of agreement between the signal envelopes of the spoken and whistled consonants. Besides written documentation, there exist recordings of music from various parts of the world which include excerpts of whistled speech. Thus, as in formant-based whistled languages, the amplitude-modulation frame is transposed. It is clear that many whistled languages remain to be discovered. Providing an exhaustive list of whistled languages on these continents is not possible. During their performances, audience members stood, clapped, whistled, and moved in place. It is not known whether the whistled language is still in existence. The discussion is organised as follows. 2 examines formant-based whistled languages. This structure involves acoustically defined features, similar to the acoustic correlates of spoken language features, but subject to the specific constraints of the whistled medium. This article examines this second aspect of whistled languages. For example, the whistled formulas used by some herders or animal trainers do not constitute whistled languages as such. The important role of signal-envelope modulations in transposing spoken language into whistled language may seem surprising. This example shows that both tone (including downstep) and the dynamic frame are transposed into the whistled language. 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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