whisper
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
- 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。
- 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。
v. (动词)
n. (名词)
英汉例句
- Did she whisper in your ear at the meeting?
开会时,她跟你私下交谈了吗? - She whispered a reply.
她低声地做了回答。 - He whispered that he had got a new job.
他低声说他已找到了新工作。 - It is whispered that he is heavily in debt.
据传闻他负债累累。 - “Listen!”she whispered.
她悄声说:“听!” - He whispered the news to me.
他私下告诉我这个消息。 - She whispered to me that his temperature was up again.
她低声对我说他的体温又上升了。 - I whispered him not to make any noise.
我低声告诉他别出声。 - I heard a whisper that he had been admitted to a university.
我听传闻他已考入了大学。
用作动词 (v.)
用作不及物动词: S+~(+A)
用作及物动词: S+~+ n./pron.
S+~+that-clause
It is/was ~ed+that-clause
引出直接引语
用作双宾动词: S+~+ n./pron. +to pron./n.
S+~+(to) n./pron. +that-clause
用作宾补动词: S+~+ n./pron. +to- v
用作名词 (n.)
词组短语
- whisper a few words 低声说几句
- 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
用作动词 (v.)
~+名词
~+副词
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.
剑桥英英字典
柯林斯英英字典
专业释义
- 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