whistle
v. 吹口哨; 呼嘯著行進; 鳴叫; (鳥類)囀鳴
n. 哨子; 哨子聲; 汽笛聲
When you whistle or when you whistle a tune, you make a series of musical notes by forcing your breath out between your lips, or your teeth.
He whistled and sang snatches of songs...
他吹口哨並唱了幾段小曲。
He was whistling softly to himself...
他輕聲吹著口哨。
When someone whistles, they make a sound by forcing their breath out between their lips or their teeth. People sometimes whistle when they are surprised or shocked, or to call a dog, or to show that they are impressed.
He whistled, surprised but not shocked...
他吹了聲口哨,很是驚訝但沒有被嚇住。
Jenkins whistled through his teeth, impressed at last...
詹金斯吹了聲口哨,最終被打動了。
If something such as a train or a kettle whistles, it makes a loud, high sound.
Somewhere a train whistled...
不知哪裡的火車在鳴汽笛。
...the whistling car radio.
車載收音機的尖嘯聲
If something such as the wind or a bullet whistles somewhere, it moves there, making a loud, high sound.
The wind was whistling through the building...
風呼嘯著穿過大樓。
As I stood up a bullet whistled past my back.
我起身時一顆子彈嗖的一聲從我背後擦過。
A whistle is a loud sound produced by air or steam being forced through a small opening, or by something moving quickly through the air.
Hugh listened to the whistle of a train.
休聽著火車呼嘯而過。
...the whistle of the wind.
呼嘯的風聲
A whistle is a small metal tube which you blow in order to produce a loud sound and attract someone's attention.
On the platform, the guard blew his whistle...
平臺上的警衛吹響了哨子。
The referee blew his whistle for a penalty.
裁判鳴哨判罰。
Some factories and other places where people work have a whistle which signals the beginning and the end of the working day.
Every night you could hear the whistles of the steel mill.
每晚你都會聽見鍊鋼廠的下班哨聲。
A whistle is a simple musical instrument in the shape of a metal pipe with holes.
If you blow the whistle on someone, or on something secret or illegal, you tell another person, especially a person in authority, what is happening.
Companies should protect employees who blow the whistle on dishonest workmates and work practices.
公司應該保護那些檢舉不誠實的工友及工作行為的員工。
If you say that someone can whistle for a particular thing, you mean that you are not willing or able to give it to them.
'He wants a police escort.' — 'Well, he can whistle for that.'
“他希望有警衛護送。”——“那他是指望不上了。”
If you describe something as clean as a whistle, you mean that it is completely clean.
If you describe someone as clean as a whistle, you mean that they are not guilty of having done anything wrong.
'His private life is as clean as a whistle,' says McSmith.
“他的私生活沒有任何汙點,”麥克史密斯說。
If you say that someone is whistling in the dark, you mean that they are trying to remain brave and convince themselves that the situation is not as bad as it seems.
Then I waited, trying not to feel as if I were whistling in the dark, but I experienced no easing of my fear and anxiety.
之後我開始等待,並竭力保持鎮定,可是恐懼和焦慮卻絲毫沒有消減。
To wet your whistle means to have a drink.
If you describe someone as whistling in the wind, you mean that they are trying unsuccessfully to change something which cannot be changed.
The leader of the Liberal Democrats accused the Prime Minister of whistling in the wind to raise Conservative party morale.
自由民主黨領導人指責首相鼓舞保守黨士氣之舉根本就是徒勞。
1. the sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture
2. the act of signalling (e.g., summoning) by whistling or blowing a whistle;
3. acoustic device that forces air or steam against an edge or into a cavity and so produces a loud shrill sound
4. an inexpensive fipple flute
1. make whistling sounds;
2. move with, or as with, a whistling sound;
3. utter or express by whistling;
4. move, send, or bring as if by whistling;
5. make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound;
6. give a signal by whistling;
blow the whistle on
(非正式)終止不合法活動;告發,揭發
(as) clean as a whistle
潔淨;清清楚楚
whistle something down the wind
放走,聽其自由;放棄
whistle in the wind
徒然無功
blow the whistle&I{【俚語】}
揭發:懷著使違法行為得以中止的希望而告發
whistle in the dark
給自己壯膽:試圖鼓起某人的勇氣
Tigers roar and apes whistle.
虎嘯猿啼.
The ship's whistle kept hooting.
輪船上的汽笛嗚嗚叫.
The referee blew a whistle at the end of the game.
裁判在比賽結束時吹響了哨子.
I'm not prepared to use any firm's money to pay this man; let him whistle for his money!
我不想用任何公司的錢付給這個人, 讓他做他的美夢吧!
We heard the whistle of a train.
我們聽到了火車的汽笛聲.