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whistle
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- Conjugation :
past
whistled
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ing
whistling
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Derivatives :
adj
whistleable
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- whistle
['wɪsl]
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1.
vi.
[person+]
(melodiously) 吹口哨
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2.
vi.
(in surprise) 吹了声口哨
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3.
vi.
[bird+]
啭鸣
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4.
vi.
[kettle]
[ train+]
鸣笛
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5.
vi.
[bullet+]
呼啸而行
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6.
vt.
[+tune]
用口哨吹出
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7.
noun
[c]
(device) 哨子
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8.
noun
(sound) 口哨声
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- whistle
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1.
鸣笛
- whistle
[wɪsl]
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1.
vi.
吹口哨
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2.
vi.
呼啸而过
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The bullets whistled past him.
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子弹呼啸着从他耳边飞过。
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3.
vt.
用口哨吹出
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She whistled a melody.
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她用口哨吹出一段曲调。
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4.
verb
以吹口哨来转移
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Her optimism whistled away these worries.
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她的乐观态度驱散了这些担忧。
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5.
vt.
发出呼啸声，发出哨声
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6.
verb
用口哨示意，用口哨召唤
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She whistled for her maid.
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她吹口哨唤来女仆。
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7.
n.[c]
哨声，呼啸声
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8.
n.[c]
吹口哨
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The whistle signalled the end of the game.
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那声哨响代表比赛结束了。
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9.
n.[c]
哨子，汽笛
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10.
noun
哨，发出哨音的装置
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11.
noun
六孔小笛，六孔哨
Collins English-English Dictionary
- whistle
['wɪsəl]
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1.
vb
to produce (shrill or flutelike musical sounds), as by passing breath through a narrow constriction most easily formed by the pursed lips
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he whistled a melody
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2.
vt.
[tr]
to signal, summon, or command by whistling or blowing a whistle
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the referee whistled the end of the game
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3.
vt.
(of a kettle, train, etc) to produce (a shrill sound) caused by the emission of steam through a small aperture
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4.
vi.
[intr]
to move with a whistling sound caused by rapid passage through the air
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5.
vi.
(of animals, esp birds) to emit (a shrill sound) resembling human whistling
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6.
n
a device for making a shrill high-pitched sound by means of air or steam under pressure
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7.
n
a shrill sound effected by whistling
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8.
n
a whistling sound, as of a bird, bullet, the wind, etc
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9.
n
a signal, warning, command, etc, transmitted by or as if by a whistle
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10.
n
the act of whistling
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11.
n
[music]
any pipe that is blown down its end and produces sounds on the principle of a flue pipe, usually having as a mouthpiece a fipple cut in the side
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12.
n
See also whistle for whistle up
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13.
n
[Etymology]
Old English hwistlian; related to Old Norse hvisla
Examples
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Don't tell Clancy anything. He's a whistle-blower.
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别告诉克兰西任何事情，他是个爱告密的人。
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The whistle is used to call ducks.
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这口哨声是用来呼喊鸭子的。
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He even began to whistle a tune under his breath.
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他居然开始低声吹着调子。
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The floor of the cavern is as clean as a whistle.
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这个山洞的地面非常干净。
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The men were thrilled by a loud whistle blow.
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人们被巨大的口哨声吓了一跳。
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In 1948 truman crossed the country several times on his whistle-stop tours.
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1948年，杜鲁门横穿美国数次进行他的短暂停留访问。
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dog-whistle politics
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while walking I often whistle
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