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whisper

W 开头单词

音标发音

  • 英式音标 [ˈwɪspə(r)]
  • 美式音标 [ˈhwɪspɚ,ˈwɪs-]
  • 国际音标 ['hwispə]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • v. 耳语；私下说，密谈；飒飒地响；造谣
  • n. 耳语（声）；轻柔的声音；谣传；（诗、文）飒飒声；蛛丝马迹，暗示

词源解说

  • 直接源自古英语的hwisprian，意为低声细语。

词根记忆

  • whi(看作who) + sper(看作speaker)→谁在小声说话→低语，耳语
  • whi(看作who，谁) + sper(看作speaker，说话者)→谁在小声说话→耳语，低语

同根派生

  • adj性质的同根词
    whispered：低声的；耳语的。
    whispering：传播流言蜚语的；发飒飒声的（等于whispery）。
  • n性质的同根词
    whispering：低语；流言；飒飒声。
    whisperer：窃窃私语的人；拨弄是非的人；告密者。
  • v性质的同根词
    whispered：窃窃私语（whisper的过去分词）；低声地说。

用法辨析

    v. (动词)

  • whisper的基本意思是“低声说”“耳语”,指轻柔地或悄悄地说话,也可指只作出说话的口形和语气,但没有出声。引申可表示“流传”“悄悄地传开”“告密”。
  • whisper可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,接名词、代词或that从句作宾语。也可接双宾语,其间接宾语可由介词to引出,还可接以动词不定式充当补足语的复合宾语,还可引出直接引语。
  • whisper可用于被动结构。

    • n. (名词)

  • whisper用作名词时意思是“低语,耳语,私语”,引申还可表示“传闻,谣言”,是可数名词,常与不定冠词a连用,可用于复数形式。
  • whisper还可作“轻柔的飒飒风声”解,只用于单数形式。

英汉例句

    用作动词 (v.)

    用作不及物动词: S+～(+A)

  • Did she whisper in your ear at the meeting?
    开会时,她跟你私下交谈了吗?

    • 用作及物动词: S+～+ n./pron.

  • She whispered a reply.
    她低声地做了回答。

    • S+～+that-clause

  • He whispered that he had got a new job.
    他低声说他已找到了新工作。

    • It is/was ～ed+that-clause

  • It is whispered that he is heavily in debt.
    据传闻他负债累累。

    • 引出直接引语

  • “Listen!”she whispered.
    她悄声说：“听!”

    • 用作双宾动词: S+～+ n./pron. +to pron./n.

  • He whispered the news to me.
    他私下告诉我这个消息。

    • S+～+(to) n./pron. +that-clause

  • She whispered to me that his temperature was up again.
    她低声对我说他的体温又上升了。

    • 用作宾补动词: S+～+ n./pron. +to- v

  • I whispered him not to make any noise.
    我低声告诉他别出声。

    • 用作名词 (n.)

  • I heard a whisper that he had been admitted to a university.
    我听传闻他已考入了大学。

词组短语

    用作动词 (v.)

    ～+名词

  • whisper a few words 低声说几句

    • ～+副词

  • whisper affectionately 深情地低声说话
  • whisper audibly 出声地窃窃私语
  • whisper breathlessly 有气无力地低声说话
  • whisper brokenly 不完整地低声说话
  • whisper eagerly 热切地低声说话

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • (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

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • 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.

专业释义

    电子、通信与自动控制技术

  • 耳语音

    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.
    耳语音是一种有别于正常语音的发音模式,是一种单一发音类型,声门前部(韧带)完全靠拢,后部(杓状软骨)有一个宽三角裂隙,气流通过开放区产生摩擦噪声,形成耳语音。

    语言学

  • 耳语式发音(指声带不发出振动的一种发音方法)
  • 耳语音