whistle

1. V-T/V-I When you whistle or when you whistle a tune, you make a series of musical notes by forcing your breath out between your lips, or your teeth. 用口哨吹出; 吹口哨

He whistled and sang snatches of songs. 他邊用口哨吹邊唱了幾個歌曲的片段。

He was whistling softly to himself. 他自娛自樂地輕聲吹著口哨。

2. V-I When someone whistles, they make a sound by forcing their breath out between their lips or their teeth. People sometimes whistle when they are surprised, or to call a dog, to get someone's attention, or to show that they are impressed. 吹口哨 (表示吃驚、呼喚小狗、引人注意或表示欣賞)

He whistled, surprised but not shocked. 他吹了聲口哨，有些驚訝，但并不震驚。

Jenkins whistled through his teeth, impressed at last. 詹金斯從齒間吹了一聲口哨，總算被打動了。

3. N-COUNT Whistle is also a noun. 口哨

Jackson gave a low whistle. 杰克遜低聲地吹了一下口哨。

4. V-I If something such as a train or a kettle whistles, it makes a loud, high sound. (火車等) 鳴汽笛; (水開時水壺) 發(fā)出尖嘯聲

Somewhere a train whistled. 某個地方響起了火車的鳴笛聲。

5. V-I If something such as the wind or a bullet whistles somewhere, it moves there, making a loud, high sound. (風、子彈等) 呼嘯而過

The wind was whistling through the building. 風呼嘯著穿過那座大樓。

6. N-COUNT A whistle is a loud sound produced by air or steam being forced through a small opening, or by something moving quickly through the air. (某物在空中疾馳而過的) 呼嘯聲; (空氣、蒸汽通過狹小孔道時的) 尖嘯聲

...the whistle of the wind. …風的呼嘯聲。

...a shrill whistle from the boiling kettle. …燒開的水壺發(fā)出的刺耳的尖嘯聲。

7. N-COUNT A whistle is a small metal tube that you blow in order to produce a loud sound and attract someone's attention. 哨子

On the platform, the guard blew his whistle. 站臺上，警衛(wèi)吹響了他的哨子。

8. PHRASE If you blow the whistle on someone, or on something secret or illegal, you tell another person, especially a person in authority, what is happening. (尤指向當局) 揭發(fā)

Companies should protect employees who blow the whistle on dishonest workmates and work practices. 公司應(yīng)該保護那些揭發(fā)不誠實的同事和不良工作行為的員工。

9. PHRASE If you describe something as clean as a whistle, you mean that it is completely clean. 一塵不染

The kitchen was clean as a whistle. 廚房里一塵不染。