whistle

['wisl]

n.口哨, 汽笛, 警笛
v.吹口哨, 鸣汽笛, 呼啸, 吹口哨召唤

例句与用法：

The wind whistled through a crack in the door.

风从门的裂缝中呼呼地刮了进来。

He whistled to his friend to keep hidden.

他吹口哨通知朋友继续隐蔽。

The referee whistled and the game began.

裁判哨子一响，比赛开始了。

A bullet whistled past his head.

一颗子弹从他头顶上呼啸而过。

He gave a loud whistle of gladness.

他吹了一声响亮的口号表示高兴。

词形变化：

动词过去式: whistled | 动词过去分词: whistled | 动词现在分词: whistling | 动词第三人称单数: whistles |

详细释义：

n.

1. 口哨; 警笛; 汽笛; 哨子[C]

The referee blew his whistle, and the game stopped.

裁判鸣笛, 比赛停止。

2. 哨音; 笛声[U][C]

3. (鸟)啭鸣声; (风)呼呼声[U][C]

vi.

1. 吹口哨; 鸣笛; 吹哨子

The train whistled.

火车鸣笛。

2. 啸叫; 啭鸣; 呼啸

The nightingale whistled sweetly.

夜莺啭鸣。

3. 吹口哨等示意

4. (风)呼啸吹过; (子弹)嗖嗖飞过[Q]

Bullets whistled by.

子弹嗖嗖飞过。

vt.

1. 用口哨吹出(曲调等)

Jack whistled a popular tune.

杰克用口哨吹了一段流行曲调。

2. 吹口哨召唤

The boy whistled his dog back.

男孩吹口哨把狗唤回。

3. 使发啸声行进

短语词组：

whistle for

1. 徒劳地希望

I owe my butcher $10, but he can whistle for it.

我欠肉店老板十美元, 可是他别指望我会还。

whistle up

1. 勉强拼凑出

He had to whistle up some new ideas for lessons.

他只好勉强给上课的教材添些新内容。

blow the whistle on

1. 使……停下来

If your father finds out about this, he'll soon blow the whistle on what you're doing.

要是你父亲知道了这事, 他一定会马上阻止你去做下去的。

wet one's whistle

1. 喝酒

He likes to wet his whistle on the way home from work in the evening.

他喜欢在晚上下班回家的路上喝点酒。