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词汇精选:whisper的用法和辨析

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一、详细释义:

n.

低语,耳语,私语

例句:

He told me in a whisper so that none else could hear.

他低声告诉我,以免别人听到。

例句:

I in a whisper told them what I had seen.

我低声告诉他们我所看到的情况。

传闻,谣传

例句:

I"ve heard a whisper that he has cancer.

我听到他得了癌症的传闻。

例句:

The whisper about her marriage is widespread.

有关她婚姻的传闻流传很广。

飒飒声

例句:

They heard the whisper of leaves.

他们听见了树叶的低语。

例句:

Only the whisper of the surf and breeze interrupts the blissful stillness.

唯有海浪和微风的几声耳语不时打断着这美好的宁静。

v.

低声说,悄悄说,耳语,私语 [I,T]

例句:

Fatso leaned over to whisper in her ear.

胖子欠身对她耳语几句。

例句:

What a yap he be, he do not know how to whisper.

他真是个粗汉,他不会小声地说话。

私下谈论;谣传 [I,T]

例句:

If I whisper you my secret will you promise not to tell?

我若把我的秘密悄悄告诉你,你能不能保证不泄露出去?

例句:

What happened in the factory is being whispered about the neighborhood.

工厂里发生的事正在附近居民中私下传说。

沙沙(或飒飒)作响 [I]

例句:

Overhead the slender coconut palms whisper their drowsy song.

树影婆娑的椰林低声吟唱着催眠曲。

例句:

The car"s tires whispered through the puddles.

穿过水坑时汽车的轮胎发出呜呜声。

二、词义辨析:

murmur,mutter,whisper

这些动词均有“低语”之意。murmur通常指人、微风或小溪等的低沉、柔和或连续的声音。mutter多指别人不易听到的低语。whisper通常指耳语、窃窃私语。

三、相关短语:

stage whisper

旁白,故意让别人听见的耳语

四、参考例句:

She spoke in a husky whisper.

她低沉沙哑地轻声说话。

His voice died away in a whisper.

他的声音渐渐变为了小声低语。

They heard the whisper of leaves.

他们听见了树叶的低语。

The whisper about her marriage is widespread.

有关她婚姻的传闻流传很广。

Lower one"s voice to a whisper

把声音降到耳语那么低。

Fatso leaned over to whisper in her ear.

胖子欠身对她耳语几句。

Hardly a whisper of concern has been voiced.

没有人表示过一点点的关心。

Did she whisper in your ear at the meeting?

开会时,她跟你私下交谈了吗?

But in my mind I whisper every single word you.

但在我心里,我低声念着每个你曾说过的词语。

Overhead the slender coconut palms whisper their drowsy song.

树影婆娑的椰林低声吟唱着催眠曲。