英语释义

• the sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture

• the act of whistling a tune;

  "his cheerful whistling indicated that he enjoyed his work"

• the act of signalling (e.g., summoning) by whistling or blowing a whistle;

  "the whistle signalled the end of the game"

片语

whistling sound啸声

whistling warbler啸森莺

Whistling Vivaldi刻板印象

clean as a whistle擦得凈亮

Whistling Straits呼啸峡

Whistling Dixie自吹自擂

Take Whistling拥有哨声

whistling powder笛音剂

Whistling Wood街道地址

blow the whistle告发；揭发

whistling pot汽笛壶

英汉例句

• if nobody can find more convincing arguments in favour of the lisbon treaty, the eu as a whole may yet find itself whistling in the dark.

  如果没有人能够为理斯本条约找到更有说服力的理由，那么到头来，恐怕是欧盟自己在吹着口哨走夜路吧。

• they called them cheepers, back then; the way they chattered away amongst themselves, hooting and whistling and scolding.

  那是在非洲，他们把他们称为幼儿，那时候，他们之间的交谈只是嚎叫、吹口哨和叱责。

• a stormy wind rattled the scrap-iron in the ruins, whistling and howling through the charred cavities of the windows.

  狂风吹得废墟中的铁屑发出嘎嘎的声音，夹杂着呼呼的口哨声怒吼着从烧焦的窗户中吹进去。

• the fishermen described them as shy animals that often chased their boats, making a whistling sound.

  渔民形容它们是害羞的动物，经常追赶他们的船只，发出啸声。

• don’t miss the whistling sands, which squeak as you walk on them!

  千万不要错过耳语沙滩，每当走在上面，沙滩都会为你吹起口哨！

• alternate signs (same vein): he’s whistling or humming nonstop.

  改变的标志（同样的情趣）：他不停的吹口哨或者唱歌。

• the coachman took to whistling and swearing at his horses.

  于是车夫决计一心吹口哨，要不就骂他的牲口。

• i had a week of happiness training before the season started up, and i’m whistling more than usual.

  这季开拍之前我有一周时间作快乐训练，（囧）现在我比平时吹口哨吹得多了。

• the referee is whistling for a penalty.

  裁判吹哨，判了个点球。

• i know now, too late, that any one of his 「sweet peas」 would be proud to walk beside him - whistling - up a set of stairs.

  我现在知道，已经太迟了，他的每个「香豌豆」都会自豪地陪在他身边，吹着口哨，走上一层楼梯。

• if your guy is suddenly going around all happy and whistling and it doesn’t seem to have anything to do with you, then you need to find out why.

  如果你的男人突然变得快快乐乐，总吹口哨，而这一切看起来完全不是因为你的缘故，那么你就得找出为什么来了。

• thereupon her whistling became so disjointed that the listener, if such there were, must have discovered her suspicion of his presence.

  因此，她吹的口哨立刻就乱了调子，如果真的有人的话，那么那个人也肯定发现苔丝怀疑到他的存在了。

• i could bear mr. bowen whistling and yelling.

  我听到电话那头传来伯温先生的口哨声和欢呼声。

• then she marched into johnsy's room with her drawing board, whistling a merry tune.

  随后她携着画板大步走进约翰西的房间，口里吹着轻快的口哨。

• why did you stay among the campfires to hear the whistling for the flocks?

  你为何坐在羊圈内听群中吹笛的声音呢？

• a far more satisfactory time than when she practised in the garden was this whistling by the cages each morning.

  同当初在院子里练习吹口哨相比，现在每天早晨站在鸟笼子旁边吹这种口哨，的确是叫人满意快乐的了。

• whistling works by passing a stream of air through (or over) a narrow passage leading to an enclosed space.

  吹口哨是让气流穿过（或拂过）一个通往密闭空间的狭窄通道。

• peter now began suddenly whistling and calling in such a loud manner that heidi could not think what was happening;

  彼得忽然吹起了口哨，还大声叫喊着，海蒂不知道发生了什么事；

• but dick is just whistling in the dark -- the football player is as big as a grizzly bear and twice as mean.

  但是，迪克只不过是给自己壮胆而已。 那个足球运动员个子大得像一只大灰熊，而且比大灰熊要厉害得多。

• most folks in the financial-advice industry and most politicians in washington would rather go whistling past the graveyard and hope nothing bites them.

  财政顾问业的从业人员以及华盛顿的政客，大都自己给自己壮胆，吹着口哨过坟场，希望没有东西跳出来咬他们。