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whispering 音標拼音: [w'ɪspɚɪŋ] [hw'ɪspɚɪŋ] n. 低語,私語 低語,私語 whispering adj 1: making a low continuous indistinct sound; " like murmuring waves"; " susurrant voices" [ synonym: { murmuring}, { susurrant}, { whispering}] n 1: a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind [ synonym: { rustle}, { rustling}, { whisper}, { whispering}] 2: speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords [ synonym: { whisper}, { whispering}, { susurration}, { voicelessness}] Whispering \ Whis" per* ing\, a. & n. from { Whisper}. v. t. [ 1913 Webster] { Whispering gallery}, or { Whispering dome}, one of such a form that sounds produced in certain parts of it are concentrated by reflection from the walls to another part, so that whispers or feeble sounds are audible at a much greater distance than under ordinary circumstances. The dome of the U. S. capitol building is one example. [ 1913 Webster PJC]
Whisper \ Whis" per\, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. { Whispered}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Whispering}.] [ AS. hwisprian; akin to G. wispern, wispeln, OHG. hwispal? n, Icel. hv[ imac] skra, Sw. hviska, Dan. hviske; of imitative origin. Cf. { Whistle}.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. To speak softly, or under the breath, so as to be heard only by one near at hand; to utter words without sonant breath; to talk without that vibration in the larynx which gives sonorous, or vocal, sound. See { Whisper}, n. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To make a low, sibilant sound or noise. [ 1913 Webster] The hollow, whispering breeze. -- Thomson. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To speak with suspicion, or timorous caution; to converse in whispers, as in secret plotting. [ 1913 Webster] All that hate me whisper together against me. -- Ps. xli. 7. [ 1913 Webster] 47 Moby Thesaurus words for " whispering": aspiration, bated breath, breath, breathy voice, buzz, cry, drone, droning, exhalation, gabble, gibber, gibbering, gossip, grapevine, hearsay, jabber, jibber, little voice, low voice, maundering, mouthing, mumble, mumbling, murmur, murmuration, murmuring, murmurish, murmurous, mutter, muttering, rumble, rumor, rustling, scuttlebutt, sigh, soft voice, stage whisper, still small voice, susurrant, susurration, susurrous, susurrus, talk, underbreath, undertone, whisper, whispery
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