詞匯精選：whisper的用法和辨析

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一、詳細(xì)釋義：

n.

低語(yǔ)，耳語(yǔ)，私語(yǔ)

例句：

He told me in a whisper so that none else could hear.

他低聲告訴我，以免別人聽(tīng)到。

例句：

I in a whisper told them what I had seen.

我低聲告訴他們我所看到的情況。

傳聞，謠傳

例句：

I"ve heard a whisper that he has cancer.

我聽(tīng)到他得了癌癥的傳聞。

例句：

The whisper about her marriage is widespread.

有關(guān)她婚姻的傳聞流傳很廣。

颯颯聲

例句：

They heard the whisper of leaves.

他們聽(tīng)見(jiàn)了樹(shù)葉的低語(yǔ)。

例句：

Only the whisper of the surf and breeze interrupts the blissful stillness.

唯有海浪和微風(fēng)的幾聲耳語(yǔ)不時(shí)打斷著這美好的寧?kù)o。

v.

低聲說(shuō)，悄悄說(shuō)，耳語(yǔ)，私語(yǔ) [I,T]

例句：

Fatso leaned over to whisper in her ear.

胖子欠身對(duì)她耳語(yǔ)幾句。

例句：

What a yap he be, he do not know how to whisper.

他真是個(gè)粗漢，他不會(huì)小聲地說(shuō)話。

私下談?wù)摚恢{傳 [I,T]

例句：

If I whisper you my secret will you promise not to tell?

我若把我的秘密悄悄告訴你，你能不能保證不泄露出去？

例句：

What happened in the factory is being whispered about the neighborhood.

工廠里發(fā)生的事正在附近居民中私下傳說(shuō)。

沙沙（或颯颯）作響 [I]

例句：

Overhead the slender coconut palms whisper their drowsy song.

樹(shù)影婆娑的椰林低聲吟唱著催眠曲。

例句：

The car"s tires whispered through the puddles.

穿過(guò)水坑時(shí)汽車(chē)的輪胎發(fā)出嗚嗚聲。

二、詞義辨析：

murmur,mutter,whisper

這些動(dòng)詞均有“低語(yǔ)”之意。murmur通常指人、微風(fēng)或小溪等的低沉、柔和或連續(xù)的聲音。mutter多指別人不易聽(tīng)到的低語(yǔ)。whisper通常指耳語(yǔ)、竊竊私語(yǔ)。

三、相關(guān)短語(yǔ)：

stage whisper

旁白,故意讓別人聽(tīng)見(jiàn)的耳語(yǔ)

四、參考例句：

She spoke in a husky whisper.

她低沉沙啞地輕聲說(shuō)話。

His voice died away in a whisper.

他的聲音漸漸變?yōu)榱诵÷暤驼Z(yǔ)。

They heard the whisper of leaves.

他們聽(tīng)見(jiàn)了樹(shù)葉的低語(yǔ)。

The whisper about her marriage is widespread.

有關(guān)她婚姻的傳聞流傳很廣。

Lower one"s voice to a whisper

把聲音降到耳語(yǔ)那么低。

Fatso leaned over to whisper in her ear.

胖子欠身對(duì)她耳語(yǔ)幾句。

Hardly a whisper of concern has been voiced.

沒(méi)有人表示過(guò)一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)的關(guān)心。

Did she whisper in your ear at the meeting?

開(kāi)會(huì)時(shí)，她跟你私下交談了嗎？

But in my mind I whisper every single word you.

但在我心里，我低聲念著每個(gè)你曾說(shuō)過(guò)的詞語(yǔ)。

Overhead the slender coconut palms whisper their drowsy song.

樹(shù)影婆娑的椰林低聲吟唱著催眠曲。