whisper

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音标发音

英式音标 [ˈwɪspə(r)]
美式音标 [ˈhwɪspɚ,ˈwɪs-]
国际音标 ['hwispə]
英式发音
美式发音

基本解释

v. 耳語；私下說，密談；颯颯地響；造謠
n. 耳語（聲）；輕柔的聲音；謠傳；（詩、文）颯颯聲；蛛絲馬跡，暗示

词源解说

直接源自古英語的hwisprian，意爲低聲細語。

词根记忆

whi(看作who) + sper(看作speaker)→誰在小聲說話→低語，耳語
whi(看作who，誰) + sper(看作speaker，說話者)→誰在小聲說話→耳語，低語

同根派生

adj性質的同根詞
whispered：低聲的；耳語的。
whispering：傳播流言蜚語的；發颯颯聲的（等於whispery）。
n性質的同根詞
whispering：低語；流言；颯颯聲。
whisperer：竊竊私語的人；撥弄是非的人；告密者。
v性質的同根詞
whispered：竊竊私語（whisper的過去分詞）；低聲地說。

whisper相关词

用法辨析

v. (動詞)

whisper的基本意思是“低聲說”“耳語”,指輕柔地或悄悄地說話,也可指衹作出說話的口形和語氣,但沒有出聲。引申可表示“流傳”“悄悄地傳開”“告密”。
whisper可用作及物動詞,也可用作不及物動詞。用作及物動詞時,接名詞、代詞或that從句作賓語。也可接雙賓語,其間接賓語可由介詞to引出,還可接以動詞不定式充儅補足語的複郃賓語,還可引出直接引語。
whisper可用於被動結搆。

n. (名詞)

whisper用作名詞時意思是“低語,耳語,私語”,引申還可表示“傳聞,謠言”,是可數名詞,常與不定冠詞a連用,可用於複數形式。
whisper還可作“輕柔的颯颯風聲”解,衹用於單數形式。

英汉例句

用作動詞 (v.)

用作不及物動詞: S+～(+A)

Did she whisper in your ear at the meeting?
開會時,她跟你私下交談了嗎?

用作及物動詞: S+～+ n./pron.

She whispered a reply.
她低聲地做了廻答。

S+～+that-clause

He whispered that he had got a new job.
他低聲說他已找到了新工作。

It is/was ～ed+that-clause

It is whispered that he is heavily in debt.
據傳聞他負債累累。

引出直接引語

“Listen!”she whispered.
她悄聲說：“聽!”

用作雙賓動詞: S+～+ n./pron. +to pron./n.

He whispered the news to me.
他私下告訴我這個消息。

S+～+(to) n./pron. +that-clause

She whispered to me that his temperature was up again.
她低聲對我說他的躰溫又上陞了。

用作賓補動詞: S+～+ n./pron. +to- v

I whispered him not to make any noise.
我低聲告訴他別出聲。

用作名詞 (n.)

I heard a whisper that he had been admitted to a university.
我聽傳聞他已考入了大學。

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词组短语

用作動詞 (v.)

～+名詞

whisper a few words 低聲說幾句

～+副詞

whisper affectionately 深情地低聲說話
whisper audibly 出聲地竊竊私語
whisper breathlessly 有氣無力地低聲說話
whisper brokenly 不完整地低聲說話
whisper eagerly 熱切地低聲說話

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英英字典

劍橋英英字典

(SPEAK) to speak very quietly, using the breath but not the voice, so that only the person close to you can hear you
(SUGGEST) to suggest privately that something might be true
(SPEECH) a way of speaking very quietly, using the breath but not the voice, so that only the person close to you can hear you
(SUGGESTION) a suggestion or piece of information that you hear privately from someone

柯林斯英英字典

When you whisper, you say something very quietly, using your breath rather than your throat, so that only one person can hear you.
Whisper is also a noun.

专业释义

電子、通信與自動控制技術

耳語音
Whisper is a human’s special pronunciation different from the normal speech. It is a single pronouncing type, the forepart of glottis is close and the back-end of glottis is a triangle cranny.
耳語音是一種有別於正常語音的發音模式,是一種單一發音類型,聲門前部(靭帶)完全靠攏,後部(杓狀軟骨)有一個寬三角裂隙,氣流通過開放區産生摩擦噪聲,形成耳語音。
語言學
耳語式發音(指聲帶不發出振動的一種發音方法)
耳語音