whisper
英 ['wɪspə]
美['wɪspɚ]
- n. 私语；谣传；飒飒的声音
- vi. 耳语；密谈；飒飒地响
- vt. 低声说出
词态变化
第三人称单数: whispers;过去式: whispered;过去分词: whispered;现在分词: whispering;
中文词源
whisper 耳语
拟声词。
英英释意
- 1. speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords
- 2. the light noise like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind
英文词源
- whisper
- whisper: [OE] Whisper comes ultimately from the prehistoric Germanic base *khwis-, which imitated a sort of hissing sound. This also produced German wispeln and wispern ‘whisper’, and with a different suffix it gave English whistle.
=> whistle - whisper (v.)
- Old English hwisprian "speak very softly, murmur" (only in a Northumbrian gloss for Latin murmurare), from Proto-Germanic *hwis- (cognates: Middle Dutch wispelen, Old High German hwispalon, German wispeln, wispern, Old Norse hviskra "to whisper"), from PIE *kwei- "to hiss, whistle," imitative. Transitive sense is from 1560s. Related: Whispered; whispering. An alternative verb, now obsolete, was whister (late 14c., from Old English hwæstrian), and Middle English had whistringe grucchere "a slanderer."
- whisper (n.)
- 1590s, from whisper (v.).
同义词辨析
murmur, mutter, whisper
这些动词均有"低语"之意。
murmur： 通常指人、微风或小溪等的低沉、柔和或连续的声音。
mutter： 多指别人不易听到的低语。
whisper： 通常指耳语、窃窃私语。
考试真题
- Where do the seeds of change come from? The Native American Indians have a saying: Pay attention to the whispers so you won't have to hear the screams.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文
- Leah reflects on a time she listened to the whispers: About the time my daughter was five years old, I started having a sense that ‘this isn't right.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文
- John, she almost whispered.
出自-2015年12月阅读原文
- But she was so nervous that she kept forgetting what to say, and she spoke almost in a whisper.
2017年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section A
- His teacher, Thomas Whaley, is next to him, whispering support.
2019年高考英语全国卷I 阅读理解 阅读B 原文
- Nervously facing challenges, I know I will whisper to myself the two simple words "be yourself".
2019年高考英语北京卷 语法填空 原文
- That whispered message, half invitation and half forcing, is what most of us think of when we hear the words peer pressure.
出自-2012年考研阅读原文
实用场景例句
- Don't you know it's rude to whisper?
- 难道你不知道窃窃私语是不礼貌的吗？
牛津词典
- What are you two whispering about?
- 你们两人在低声说些什么？
牛津词典
- ‘Can you meet me tonight? ’ he whispered.
- “你今晚能和我见面吗？”他小声问。
牛津词典
- She leaned over and whispered something in his ear.
- 她探过身去附耳跟他说了些什么。
牛津词典
- He whispered to me that he was afraid.
- 他低声对我说他害怕。
牛津词典
- It was whispered that he would soon die and he did.
- 有人私下说他将不久于人世，他果然死了。
牛津词典
- They spoke in whispers .
- 他们在交头接耳。
牛津词典
- Her voice dropped to a whisper.
- 她压低声音小声说话。
牛津词典
- I could hear the whispering of the sea.
- 我听见大海在轻声诉说。
牛津词典
- I've heard whispers that he's leaving.
- 我听人传说他要走。
牛津词典
- 'Keep your voice down,' I whispered...
- 我轻声说：“小声点儿。”
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- She sat on Rossi's knee as he whispered in her ear...
- 她坐在罗西的膝盖上，听他低声耳语。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Today, we no longer gasp when we hear a teenage girl is pregnant or whisper about unmarried couples who live together...
- 今天，我们听到未成年少女怀孕时不会再感到惊讶，也不会再去私下谈论谁谁未婚同居。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- It is whispered that he intended to resign...
- 据传他打算辞职。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The cold breeze moved through the bushes around him, whispering just loud enough to obscure the chanting...
- 冷飕飕的风吹动着他周边的矮树丛，沙沙声刚好盖过了吟唱的声音。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The car's tires whispered through the puddles.
- 穿过水坑时汽车的轮胎发出呜呜声。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Her voice broke to a whisper when she started to talk about her children.
- 当她谈到她的孩子的时候她的声音突变为窃窃私语.
期刊摘选
- They have something to tell us, as the fallen heroes lie in Arlington whisper the ages.
- 他们向我们述说着什么, 正如在阿灵顿(Arlington)公墓长眠的阵亡英雄在漫漫岁月中的轻声呼唤.
期刊摘选
- The multitude did not even whisper while he crossed the perilous bridge, which quivered under him.
- 在他跨过这一座九死一生的悬桥, 脚底下有些震荡的时候,大家一点儿声音也不敢发出来.
辞典例句
- The winds of change whisper in the trees.
- 树林中的风在说悄悄话.
期刊摘选
- The baby is sleeping, so they fall their voice to a whisper.
- 那婴儿在睡觉, 所以他们把声音降成耳语.
《简明英汉词典》
- All that giggle and whisper is too much for me.
- 我受不了那些咯咯的笑声和交头接耳的样子.
期刊摘选
- He was very much enlivened in temper and inclined to whisper , but Hurstwood pretended interest.
- 他情绪很活跃,很想和赫斯渥说点悄悄话.
英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
- Her voice dropped to a whisper.
- 她的讲话声压低而变成耳语.
期刊摘选
- I've heard a whisper that he's going to resign.
- 我听到了一个传闻说他准备辞职.
《简明英汉词典》
- Their voices fell to a whisper.
- 他们的话音低到成了耳语.
《简明英汉词典》
- Hardly a whisper of concern has been voiced.
- 几乎一点点关心也未曾表示过.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- He sink his voice to a whisper.
- 他把声音降低为耳语.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Did she whisper in your ear at the meeting?
- 开会时,她跟你私下交谈了 吗 ?
《简明英汉词典》