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whistle
  • Conjugation : past  whistled ; ing  whistling
  • Derivative : adj  whistleable
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

whistle ['wɪsl]
  1. 1. vi. [person+] (melodiously) 吹口哨
  2. 2. vi. (in surprise) 吹了声口哨
  3. 3. vi. [bird+] 啭鸣
  4. 4. vi. [kettle, train+] 鸣笛
  5. 5. vi. [bullet+] 呼啸而行
  6. 6. vt. [+tune] 用口哨吹出
  7. 7. noun [c] (device) 哨子
  8. 8. noun (sound) 口哨声

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

whistle [ 'hwɪsl] [ 'wɪsl]
  1. 1. vi. 吹口哨
  2. 2. vi. 鸣汽笛
  3. 3. vi. （鸟）啭鸣；（兽）啸叫
  4. 4. vi. （风等）呼啸而过
  5. 5. vi. 吹哨子
  6. 6. vi. 鸣笛
    The train whistled.
    火车鸣笛。
  7. 7. vt. 用口哨（或哨子）吹出（曲调等）
  8. 8. vt. 以哨音召唤；以哨音作信号
  9. 9. noun 哨子；汽笛
  10. 10. noun 哨音；汽笛声
  11. 11. noun 吹哨；鸣汽笛
  12. 12. noun 哨音发出的召唤（或信号）
  13. 13. noun （风的）呼啸声
whistle
  1. 1. 鸣笛

Collins English-English Dictionary

whistle ['wɪsəl]
  1. 1. vb to produce (shrill or flutelike musical sounds), as by passing breath through a narrow constriction most easily formed by the pursed lips
    he whistled a melody
  2. 2. vt. [tr] to signal, summon, or command by whistling or blowing a whistle
    the referee whistled the end of the game
  3. 3. vt. (of a kettle, train, etc) to produce (a shrill sound) caused by the emission of steam through a small aperture
  4. 4. vi. [intr] to move with a whistling sound caused by rapid passage through the air
  5. 5. vi. (of animals, esp birds) to emit (a shrill sound) resembling human whistling
  6. 6. n a device for making a shrill high-pitched sound by means of air or steam under pressure
  7. 7. n a shrill sound effected by whistling
  8. 8. n a whistling sound, as of a bird, bullet, the wind, etc
  9. 9. n a signal, warning, command, etc, transmitted by or as if by a whistle
  10. 10. n the act of whistling
  11. 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
  12. 12. n See also whistle for whistle up
  13. 13. n [Etymology] Old English hwistlian; related to Old Norse hvisla
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Examples

The dog came to his whistle.
狗听到他的哨声就来了。 → to
dog-whistle politics → dog-whistle
while walking I often whistle → while
a whistle-stop tour → whistle stop
打呼哨
give a whistle → 呼哨
尖锐的哨声
the shrill sound of a whistle → 尖锐
汽笛在叫。
The steam whistle is blowing. → 叫
吹口哨儿
whistle → 口哨儿
鸣笛
blow a whistle → 鸣
左边锋疾射入网，恰在此时鸣笛终场。
The outside-left sent the ball into the net with a fast shot just before the whistle blew for full time. → 恰
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