1 VERB 吹口哨;用口哨吹出(曲调) 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. 吹口哨;用口哨吹出(曲调)
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He whistled and sang snatches of songs. [VERB]
他吹口哨并唱了几段小曲。
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He was whistling softly to himself. [VERB]
他轻声吹着口哨。
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As he washed he whistled a tune. [VERB noun]
他边洗边用口哨吹着小曲。
2 VERB (吃惊、唤狗、赞叹等时)发出口哨声 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. (吃惊、唤狗、赞叹等时)发出口哨声
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He whistled, surprised but not shocked. [VERB]
他吹了声口哨,很是惊讶但没有被吓住。
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Jenkins whistled through his teeth, impressed at last. [VERB prep.]
詹金斯吹了声口哨,最终被打动了。
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Women don't enjoy being whistled at. [VERB prep.]
女士不喜欢别人冲她们吹口哨。
4 VERB (火车)鸣汽笛;(水开时水壶)发出尖啸声 If something such as a train or a kettle whistles, it makes a loud, high sound. (火车)鸣汽笛;(水开时水壶)发出尖啸声
5 VERB (风、子弹等)呼啸而过 If something such as the wind or a bullet whistles somewhere, it moves there, making a loud, high sound. (风、子弹等)呼啸而过
6 N-COUNT (空气或液流通过狭窄孔洞时发出的)呼啸声;(物体在空气中快速移动时的)呼呼声 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. (空气或液流通过狭窄孔洞时发出的)呼啸声;(物体在空气中快速移动时的)呼呼声
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Hugh listened to the whistle of a train. [+ of]
休听着火车呼啸而过。
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...the whistle of the wind. [+ of]
呼啸的风声
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...a shrill whistle from the boiling kettle.
水壶在水开时发出的尖啸声
7 N-COUNT 哨子 A whistle is a small metal tube which you blow in order to produce a loud sound and attract someone's attention. 哨子
8 N-COUNT 上下班的哨声 Some factories and other places where people work have a whistle which signals the beginning and the end of the working day. 上下班的哨声
9 N-COUNT 口哨(一种乐器) A whistle is a simple musical instrument in the shape of a metal pipe with holes. 口哨(一种乐器)
11 PHRASE (尤指向当权者)告发,揭发 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. (尤指向当权者)告发,揭发
12See also:whistle-blower
13 PHRASE [VERB inflects] 得不到;徒然想得到 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. 得不到;徒然想得到 [informal]
14 PHRASE 非常清洁 If you describe something as clean as a whistle, you mean that it is completely clean. 非常清洁
15 PHRASE 无错的;问心无愧的 If you describe someone as clean as a whistle, you mean that they are not guilty of having done anything wrong. 无错的;问心无愧的
16 PHRASE [VERB inflects] 借吹口哨壮胆;故作镇定 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. 借吹口哨壮胆;故作镇定
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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.
之后我开始等待,并竭力保持镇定,可是恐惧和焦虑却丝毫没有消减。
17 PHRASE [VERB inflects] 喝一杯(酒) To wet your whistle means to have a drink. 喝一杯(酒) [old-fashioned]
18 PHRASE [VERB inflects] 徒然无功 If you describe someone as whistling in the wind, you mean that they are trying unsuccessfully to change something which cannot be changed. 徒然无功
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