whistle
whistle 英 [ˈwɪsl] 美 [ˈwɪsl]
n. 口哨；汽笛；呼啸声 vt. 吹口哨；鸣汽笛
进行时:whistling 过去式:whistled 过去分词:whistled 第三人称单数:whistles 名词复数:whistles
- A whistle is a small wind instrument, and you probably know people who are good at whistling without an instrument. Trains have whistles, and the wind whistles too. The world is full of whistles.
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- n. 口哨；汽笛；呼啸声
- vt. 吹口哨；鸣汽笛
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1. The referee finally blew the whistle to stop the game.
主裁判终于吹停了比赛。
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2. He scored the winning goal just seconds before the final whistle.
他就在终场哨声前的几秒钟内打进了制胜的一球。
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3. a factory whistle
工厂的汽笛
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4. The train whistle blew as we left the station.
我们离开车站时火车的汽笛响了。
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5. to whistle a tune
用口哨吹曲子
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6. She whistled to the dog to come back.
她打了个呼哨把狗唤回来。
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7. The referee whistled for a foul.
裁判吹哨子示意有人犯规。
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8. The kettle began to whistle.
烧水壶呜呜地响了起来。
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9. A bullet whistled past his ear.
子弹嗖的一声从他耳边飞过。
- whistle (n.) "tubular musical instrument sounded by blowing," Old English hwistle (see whistle (v.)). Meaning "sound formed by pursing the lips and blowing" is from mid-15c. To wet one's whistle "take a drink" (late 14c.) originally may have referred to pipes, or be an allusion to the throat as a sort of pipe. Phrase clean as a whistle is recorded from 1878. Railroad whistle-stop (at which trains stop only if the engineer hears a signal from the station) is recorded from 1934.
- whistle (v.) Old English hwistlian "to whistle," from Proto-Germanic *hwis-, of imitative origin (source also of Old Norse hvisla "to whisper," Danish hvisle "to hiss;" see whisper (v.)). Used also in Middle English of the hissing of serpents; in 17c. it also could mean "whisper." Transitive use from late 15c. Related: Whistled; whistling. At public events, often an expression of support or encouragement in U.S., but often derisive in Britain. To whistle for (with small prospect of getting) is perhaps from nautical whistling for a wind, an old sailor's superstition during a calm. "Such men will not whistle during a storm" [Century Dictionary]. To whistle "Dixie" is from 1940.
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