释义 |
Examples:Mach (aeronautics), unit of speed based on speed of sound = 1 Mach = 1224 km per hr—(onom.) sound of rain, sleet etc—(of a sound) come through—with a grunting sound it stops (idiom); come to an end spontaneously (esp. of sound)—(literary) stop abruptly (of a sound)—The Sound of Music, Broadway musical (1959) and Academy Award-winning movie (1965)—(onom.) sound of frogs, ducks etc—Ss! (sound of air sucked between the teeth, indicating hesitation or thinking over)—the sound of light rain or drizzle [idiom.]—(onom.) for the sound of a bird, an empty stomach etc—character serving as sound value of another character—sound of drums and bells—(onom.) sound of knocking or bursting—sound of the wind blowing or rain falling—(onom.) for the sound of horsehoofs—(onom.) booming sound of wind—sound of a Buddhist incantation—incus or anvil bone of middle ear, passing sound vibration from malleus hammer bone stapes stirrup bone—sound out the difficulties and retreat to avoid defeat (idiom); fig. to back out of an awkward situation—(onom.) for sound of bell (arch.)—in Chinese phonetics, the medial and final sound of a syllable (i.e. excluding the initial consonant)—tick-tock (sound of clock)—sound of striking a gong—sound of escaping laughter—sound of chopping wood, chess pieces hitting the board etc—boom (sound of explosion)—whistling or rushing sound (of the wind in trees, the sea etc)—(onom.) sound of the wind or the breathing of sb. who is sound asleep—classifier for medicine in tablet form;small flat items in form of a slice, piece, disk or scrap;a meadow, forest, clouds,area of skin,large stretch of water e.g. ocean or lake;mental or real image of good harvest or great happiness;sound of footsteps or laughter; warmheartedness.—sound of sth. throbbing or bursting— |