whisper
音標(biāo)發(fā)音
- 英式音標(biāo) [?w?sp?(r)]
- 美式音標(biāo) [?hw?sp?,?w?s-]
- 國際音標(biāo) ['hwisp?]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- v. 耳語；私下說，密談；颯颯地響；造謠
- n. 耳語（聲）；輕柔的聲音；謠傳；（詩、文）颯颯聲；蛛絲馬跡，暗示
詞源解說
- 直接源自古英語的hwisprian，意為低聲細(xì)語。
詞根記憶
- whi(看作who) + sper(看作speaker)→誰在小聲說話→低語，耳語
- whi(看作who，誰) + sper(看作speaker，說話者)→誰在小聲說話→耳語，低語
同根派生
- adj性質(zhì)的同根詞
- whispered：低聲的；耳語的。
- whispering：傳播流言蜚語的；發(fā)颯颯聲的（等于whispery）。
- n性質(zhì)的同根詞
- whispering：低語；流言；颯颯聲。
- whisperer：竊竊私語的人；撥弄是非的人；告密者。
- v性質(zhì)的同根詞
- whispered：竊竊私語（whisper的過去分詞）；低聲地說。
用法辨析
- whisper的基本意思是“低聲說”“耳語”,指輕柔地或悄悄地說話,也可指只作出說話的口形和語氣,但沒有出聲。引申可表示“流傳”“悄悄地傳開”“告密”。
- whisper可用作及物動詞,也可用作不及物動詞。用作及物動詞時,接名詞、代詞或that從句作賓語。也可接雙賓語,其間接賓語可由介詞to引出,還可接以動詞不定式充當(dāng)補(bǔ)足語的復(fù)合賓語,還可引出直接引語。
- whisper可用于被動結(jié)構(gòu)。
- whisper用作名詞時意思是“低語,耳語,私語”,引申還可表示“傳聞,謠言”,是可數(shù)名詞,常與不定冠詞a連用,可用于復(fù)數(shù)形式。
- whisper還可作“輕柔的颯颯風(fēng)聲”解,只用于單數(shù)形式。
v. (動詞)
n. (名詞)
英漢例句
- Did she whisper in your ear at the meeting?
開會時,她跟你私下交談了嗎? - She whispered a reply.
她低聲地做了回答。 - He whispered that he had got a new job.
他低聲說他已找到了新工作。 - It is whispered that he is heavily in debt.
據(jù)傳聞他負(fù)債累累。 - “Listen!”she whispered.
她悄聲說：“聽!” - He whispered the news to me.
他私下告訴我這個消息。 - She whispered to me that his temperature was up again.
她低聲對我說他的體溫又上升了。 - I whispered him not to make any noise.
我低聲告訴他別出聲。 - I heard a whisper that he had been admitted to a university.
我聽傳聞他已考入了大學(xué)。
用作動詞 (v.)
用作不及物動詞: S+～(+A)
用作及物動詞: S+～+ n./pron.
S+～+that-clause
It is/was ～ed+that-clause
引出直接引語
用作雙賓動詞: S+～+ n./pron. +to pron./n.
S+～+(to) n./pron. +that-clause
用作賓補(bǔ)動詞: S+～+ n./pron. +to- v
用作名詞 (n.)
詞組短語
- whisper a few words 低聲說幾句
- whisper affectionately 深情地低聲說話
- whisper audibly 出聲地竊竊私語
- whisper breathlessly 有氣無力地低聲說話
- whisper brokenly 不完整地低聲說話
- whisper eagerly 熱切地低聲說話
用作動詞 (v.)
～+名詞
～+副詞
英英字典
- (SPEAK) to speak very quietly, using the breath but not the voice, so that only the person close to you can hear you
- (SUGGEST) to suggest privately that something might be true
- (SPEECH) a way of speaking very quietly, using the breath but not the voice, so that only the person close to you can hear you
- (SUGGESTION) a suggestion or piece of information that you hear privately from someone
- When you whisper, you say something very quietly, using your breath rather than your throat, so that only one person can hear you.
- Whisper is also a noun.
劍橋英英字典
柯林斯英英字典
專業(yè)釋義
- 耳語音
Whisper is a human’s special pronunciation different from the normal speech. It is a single pronouncing type, the forepart of glottis is close and the back-end of glottis is a triangle cranny.
耳語音是一種有別于正常語音的發(fā)音模式,是一種單一發(fā)音類型,聲門前部(韌帶)完全靠攏,后部(杓狀軟骨)有一個寬三角裂隙,氣流通過開放區(qū)產(chǎn)生摩擦噪聲,形成耳語音。語言學(xué)
- 耳語式發(fā)音(指聲帶不發(fā)出振動的一種發(fā)音方法)
- 耳語音