whisper 音标拼音: [w'ɪspɚ] [hw'ɪspɚ]
n . 耳语,密谈,谣传,飒飒的声音
vi . 耳语,密谈,飒飒地响
vt . 低声说
耳语,密谈,谣传,飒飒的声音耳语,密谈,飒飒地响低声说
whisper n 1 :
speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords [
synonym :
{
whisper }, {
whispering }, {
susurration }, {
voicelessness }]
2 :
a light noise ,
like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind [
synonym : {
rustle }, {
rustling }, {
whisper },
{
whispering }]
v 1 :
speak softly ;
in a low voice [
ant : {
shout }]
Whisper \
Whis "
per \,
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Whispered };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Whispering }.] [
AS .
hwisprian ;
akin to G .
wispern ,
wispeln ,
OHG .
hwispal ?
n ,
Icel .
hv [
imac ]
skra ,
Sw .
hviska ,
Dan .
hviske ;
of imitative origin .
Cf . {
Whistle }.]
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1 .
To speak softly ,
or under the breath ,
so as to be heard only by one near at hand ;
to utter words without sonant breath ;
to talk without that vibration in the larynx which gives sonorous ,
or vocal ,
sound .
See {
Whisper },
n .
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2 .
To make a low ,
sibilant sound or noise .
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The hollow ,
whispering breeze . --
Thomson .
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3 .
To speak with suspicion ,
or timorous caution ;
to converse in whispers ,
as in secret plotting .
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All that hate me whisper together against me . --
Ps .
xli .
7 .
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Whisper \
Whis "
per \,
n .
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1 .
A low ,
soft ,
sibilant voice or utterance ,
which can be heard only by those near at hand ;
voice or utterance that employs only breath sound without tone ,
friction against the edges of the vocal cords and arytenoid cartilages taking the place of the vibration of the cords that produces tone ;
sometimes ,
in a limited sense ,
the sound produced by such friction as distinguished from breath sound made by friction against parts of the mouth .
See {
Voice },
n .,
2 ,
and Guide to Pronunciation , [
sect ][
sect ]
5 ,
153 ,
154 .
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The inward voice or whisper can not give a tone .
--
Bacon .
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Soft whispers through the assembly went . --
Dryden .
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2 .
A cautious or timorous speech . --
South .
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3 .
Something communicated in secret or by whispering ;
a suggestion or insinuation .
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4 .
A low ,
sibilant sound . "
The whispers of the leaves ."
--
Tennyson .
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Whisper \
Whis "
per \,
v .
t .
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1 .
To utter in a low and nonvocal tone ;
to say under the breath ;
hence ,
to mention privately and confidentially ,
or in a whisper .
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They might buzz and whisper it one to another .
--
Bentley .
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2 .
To address in a whisper ,
or low voice . [
Archaic ]
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And whisper one another in the ear . --
Shak .
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Where gentlest breezes whisper souls distressed .
--
Keble .
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3 .
To prompt secretly or cautiously ;
to inform privately .
[
Obs .] "
He came to whisper Wolsey ." --
Shak .
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246 Moby Thesaurus words for "
whisper ":
advice ,
alert ,
alerting ,
articulate ,
aspirate ,
aspiration ,
bark ,
bated breath ,
bawl ,
bellow ,
blare ,
blat ,
blubber ,
boom ,
bray ,
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bruit ,
brush ,
buzz ,
cackle ,
canard ,
caress ,
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chant ,
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chirp ,
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clue ,
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cue ,
cutaneous sense ,
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emit ,
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exclaim ,
exhalation ,
express ,
feel ,
feeling ,
fingertip caress ,
fizz ,
fizzle ,
flick ,
fling off ,
flute ,
flying rumor ,
formulate ,
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gasp ,
gentle hint ,
gesture ,
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gibbering ,
give ,
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give expression ,
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give utterance ,
give voice ,
glance ,
glimmer ,
glimmering ,
grapevine ,
graze ,
groan ,
growl ,
grunt ,
hand -
mindedness ,
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hiss ,
howl ,
idea afloat ,
impart ,
implication ,
index ,
indication ,
inkling ,
innuendo ,
insinuation ,
intimation ,
jabber ,
jibber ,
keen ,
kick ,
kiss ,
lambency ,
lap ,
latrine rumor ,
let in on ,
let next to ,
let out ,
lick ,
light touch ,
lilt ,
lip ,
little voice ,
look ,
low voice ,
maffle ,
maunder ,
maundering ,
mention privately ,
moan ,
monition ,
mouth ,
mouthing ,
mumble ,
mumbling ,
murmur ,
murmuration ,
murmuring ,
mussitate ,
mutter ,
muttering ,
news stirring ,
nod ,
nudge ,
office ,
on -
dit ,
out with ,
pant ,
passing word ,
phonate ,
phrase ,
pipe ,
pointer ,
pour forth ,
present ,
prompt ,
pronounce ,
put forth ,
put hep ,
put in words ,
put next to ,
raise ,
report ,
roar ,
roorback ,
rub ,
rumble ,
rumor ,
say ,
scent ,
scream ,
screech ,
scuttlebutt ,
sense of touch ,
set forth ,
shade ,
shriek ,
sibilate ,
sigh ,
sign ,
signal ,
sing ,
sizzle ,
snap ,
snarl ,
snort ,
sob ,
soft voice ,
sough ,
sound ,
soupcon ,
speak incoherently ,
splutter ,
spoor ,
sputter ,
squall ,
squawk ,
squeal ,
stage whisper ,
steer ,
still small voice ,
stroke ,
suggestion ,
suspicion ,
susurrate ,
susurration ,
susurrus ,
swish ,
symptom ,
tactile sense ,
taction ,
take aside ,
talk ,
tap ,
tell ,
tell confidentially ,
telltale ,
tentative poke ,
throw off ,
thunder ,
tinge ,
tip ,
tip off ,
tip -
off ,
touch ,
town talk ,
trace ,
track ,
trumpet ,
twang ,
unconfirmed report ,
underbreath ,
undertone ,
utter ,
verbalize ,
vocalize ,
voice ,
wail ,
warble ,
warning ,
wheeze ,
whiff ,
whine ,
whispering ,
whistle ,
whiz ,
whoosh ,
wink ,
word ,
yap ,
yawp ,
yell ,
yelp
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