【whisper音标】 英[ˈwɪspə(r)] 美[ˈwɪspər]
【单词释义】 whisper是什么意思:
vt.低声说;私语;密谈,密谋坏事;私下说
vi.沙沙地响;耳语;密谈
n.低语,耳语;飒飒声;[医]嗫音;传闻
[单词分级] 高考英语词汇
[单词复数] whispers [第三人称单数] whispers
[单词现在分词] whispering
[单词过去式] whispered
[单词过去分词] whispered
【whisper形近词/近似词】
taper v.逐渐变细;变尖;逐渐减弱 n.细蜡烛;(点火用的)木条,纸媒 adj.逐渐变窄的;逐渐变细的
paper n.纸;文件;报纸 v.贴纸,贴壁纸;用纸覆盖
super adj.超级的,极好的 adv.非常
【单词例句】
◇ Being drunk, sliding on a banana skin or whispering his own failures to nobody, he made us feel more content with our life without any verbal explanation.
喝醉酒啦,踩到香蕉皮滑倒啦,或者自言自语(低语)自己的糗事啦,他无需任何语言解释的表演总是使我们对自己的生活感到更加满意。
---- Chaplin - A Great Master of Humour
◇ "Listen to the voice of innocence!" exclaimed his father; and what the child had said was whispered from one to another.
“上帝哟,你听这个天真的声音!”爸爸说。于是大家把这孩子讲的话私自低声地传播开来。
◇ "It makes one want to murmur." A woman once whispered to her companion. This silence is not the silence of death; rather, it is a presence. It is like a GREat piece of music.
一位女游客对同伴说,“它让人禁不住地低声细语。”这种寂静不是死一般的沉寂;相反,它是万物存在的宁静。它就像一曲伟大的乐章。
---- The Grand Canyon