whispering 音标拼音: [w'ɪspɚɪŋ] [hw'ɪspɚɪŋ]
n . 低语,私语
低语,私语
whispering adj 1 :
making a low continuous indistinct sound ; "
like murmuring waves "; "
susurrant voices " [
synonym : {
murmuring },
{
susurrant }, {
whispering }]
n 1 :
a light noise ,
like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind [
synonym : {
rustle }, {
rustling }, {
whisper },
{
whispering }]
2 :
speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords [
synonym :
{
whisper }, {
whispering }, {
susurration }, {
voicelessness }]
Whispering \
Whis "
per *
ing \,
a . &
n .
from {
Whisper }.
v .
t .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Whispering gallery },
or {
Whispering dome },
one of such a form that sounds produced in certain parts of it are concentrated by reflection from the walls to another part ,
so that whispers or feeble sounds are audible at a much greater distance than under ordinary circumstances .
The dome of the U .
S .
capitol building is one example .
[
1913 Webster PJC ]
Whisper \
Whis "
per \,
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Whispered };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Whispering }.] [
AS .
hwisprian ;
akin to G .
wispern ,
wispeln ,
OHG .
hwispal ?
n ,
Icel .
hv [
imac ]
skra ,
Sw .
hviska ,
Dan .
hviske ;
of imitative origin .
Cf . {
Whistle }.]
[
1913 Webster ]
1 .
To speak softly ,
or under the breath ,
so as to be heard only by one near at hand ;
to utter words without sonant breath ;
to talk without that vibration in the larynx which gives sonorous ,
or vocal ,
sound .
See {
Whisper },
n .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
To make a low ,
sibilant sound or noise .
[
1913 Webster ]
The hollow ,
whispering breeze . --
Thomson .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
To speak with suspicion ,
or timorous caution ;
to converse in whispers ,
as in secret plotting .
[
1913 Webster ]
All that hate me whisper together against me . --
Ps .
xli .
7 .
[
1913 Webster ]
47 Moby Thesaurus words for "
whispering ":
aspiration ,
bated breath ,
breath ,
breathy voice ,
buzz ,
cry ,
drone ,
droning ,
exhalation ,
gabble ,
gibber ,
gibbering ,
gossip ,
grapevine ,
hearsay ,
jabber ,
jibber ,
little voice ,
low voice ,
maundering ,
mouthing ,
mumble ,
mumbling ,
murmur ,
murmuration ,
murmuring ,
murmurish ,
murmurous ,
mutter ,
muttering ,
rumble ,
rumor ,
rustling ,
scuttlebutt ,
sigh ,
soft voice ,
stage whisper ,
still small voice ,
susurrant ,
susurration ,
susurrous ,
susurrus ,
talk ,
underbreath ,
undertone ,
whisper ,
whispery
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