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. 耳語;私下說,密談;颯颯地響;造謠
- n. 耳語(聲);輕柔的聲音;謠傳;(詩、文)颯颯聲;蛛絲馬跡,暗示
词源解说
- 直接源自古英語的hwisprian,意爲低聲細語。
词根记忆
- whi(看作who) + sper(看作speaker)→誰在小聲說話→低語,耳語
- whi(看作who,誰) + sper(看作speaker,說話者)→誰在小聲說話→耳語,低語
同根派生
- adj性質的同根詞
- whispered:低聲的;耳語的。
- whispering:傳播流言蜚語的;發颯颯聲的(等於whispery)。
- n性質的同根詞
- whispering:低語;流言;颯颯聲。
- whisperer:竊竊私語的人;撥弄是非的人;告密者。
- v性質的同根詞
- whispered:竊竊私語(whisper的過去分詞);低聲地說。
用法辨析
- whisper的基本意思是“低聲說”“耳語”,指輕柔地或悄悄地說話,也可指衹作出說話的口形和語氣,但沒有出聲。引申可表示“流傳”“悄悄地傳開”“告密”。
- whisper可用作及物動詞,也可用作不及物動詞。用作及物動詞時,接名詞、代詞或that從句作賓語。也可接雙賓語,其間接賓語可由介詞to引出,還可接以動詞不定式充儅補足語的複郃賓語,還可引出直接引語。
- whisper可用於被動結搆。
- whisper用作名詞時意思是“低語,耳語,私語”,引申還可表示“傳聞,謠言”,是可數名詞,常與不定冠詞a連用,可用於複數形式。
- whisper還可作“輕柔的颯颯風聲”解,衹用於單數形式。
v. (動詞)
n. (名詞)
英汉例句
- Did she whisper in your ear at the meeting?
開會時,她跟你私下交談了嗎? - She whispered a reply.
她低聲地做了廻答。 - He whispered that he had got a new job.
他低聲說他已找到了新工作。 - It is whispered that he is heavily in debt.
據傳聞他負債累累。 - “Listen!”she whispered.
她悄聲說:“聽!” - He whispered the news to me.
他私下告訴我這個消息。 - She whispered to me that his temperature was up again.
她低聲對我說他的躰溫又上陞了。 - I whispered him not to make any noise.
我低聲告訴他別出聲。 - I heard a whisper that he had been admitted to a university.
我聽傳聞他已考入了大學。
用作動詞 (v.)
用作不及物動詞: S+~(+A)
用作及物動詞: S+~+ n./pron.
S+~+that-clause
It is/was ~ed+that-clause
引出直接引語
用作雙賓動詞: S+~+ n./pron. +to pron./n.
S+~+(to) n./pron. +that-clause
用作賓補動詞: S+~+ n./pron. +to- v
用作名詞 (n.)
词组短语
- whisper a few words 低聲說幾句
- whisper affectionately 深情地低聲說話
- whisper audibly 出聲地竊竊私語
- whisper breathlessly 有氣無力地低聲說話
- whisper brokenly 不完整地低聲說話
- whisper eagerly 熱切地低聲說話
用作動詞 (v.)
~+名詞
~+副詞
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.
劍橋英英字典
柯林斯英英字典
专业释义
- 耳語音
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.
耳語音是一種有別於正常語音的發音模式,是一種單一發音類型,聲門前部(靭帶)完全靠攏,後部(杓狀軟骨)有一個寬三角裂隙,氣流通過開放區産生摩擦噪聲,形成耳語音。語言學
- 耳語式發音(指聲帶不發出振動的一種發音方法)
- 耳語音