whistle
英 ['wɪs(ə)l]
美 ['wɪsl]
- n. 口哨；汽笛；啸啸声
- vt. 吹口哨；鸣汽笛（过去式whistled，过去分词whistled，现在分词whistling，第三人称单数whistles）
whistle 中文词源
whistle 英文词源
- whistle
- whistle: [OE] Like whisper, whistle goes back ultimately to the prehistoric Germanic base *khwis-, which denoted a ‘hissing’ sound. Related forms include Swedish vissla ‘whistle’ and Danish hvisle ‘hiss’.
=> whisper - whistle (v.)
- Old English hwistlian "to whistle," from Proto-Germanic *hwis-, of imitative origin (cognates: Old Norse hvisla "to whisper," Danish hvisle "to hiss;" see whisper (v.)). Used also in Middle English of the hissing of serpents; in 17c. it also could mean "whisper." Transitive use from late 15c. Related: Whistled; whistling. At public events, often an expression of support or encouragement in U.S., but often derisive in Britain. To whistle for (with small prospect of getting) is perhaps from nautical whistling for a wind, an old sailor's superstition during a calm. "Such men will not whistle during a storm" [Century Dictionary]. To whistle "Dixie" is from 1940.
- whistle (n.)
- "tubular musical instrument sounded by blowing," Old English hwistle (see whistle (v.)). Meaning "sound formed by pursing the lips and blowing" is from mid-15c. To wet one's whistle "take a drink" (late 14c.) originally may have referred to pipes, or be an allusion to the throat as a sort of pipe. Phrase clean as a whistle is recorded from 1878. Railroad whistle-stop (at which trains stop only if the engineer hears a signal from the station) is recorded from 1934.
whistle 双语例句
1. It took internal whistle-blowing and investigative journalism to uncover the rot. 是内部检举和调查性报道揭露了这一腐败事实。 来自柯林斯例句
- 2. "His private life is as clean as a whistle," says McSmith.
- “他的私生活没有任何污点，”麦克史密斯说。
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- 3. "He wants a police escort." — "Well, he can whistle for that."
- “他希望有警卫护送。”——“那他是指望不上了。”
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- 4. The referee blew his whistle for a penalty.
- 裁判鸣哨判罚.
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- 5. Hugh listened to the whistle of a train.
- 休听着火车呼啸而过。
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