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VERB
吹口哨；用口哨吹出(曲調(diào))
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.
例句
He whistled and sang snatches of songs...
他吹口哨并唱了幾段小曲。
He was whistling softly to himself...
他輕聲吹著口哨。
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VERB
(吃驚、喚狗、贊嘆等時)發(fā)出口哨聲
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 shocked, or to call a dog, or to show that they are impressed.
例句
He whistled, surprised but not shocked...
他吹了聲口哨，很是驚訝但沒有被嚇住。
Jenkins whistled through his teeth, impressed at last...
詹金斯吹了聲口哨，最終被打動了。
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VERB
(火車)鳴汽笛；(水開時水壺)發(fā)出尖嘯聲
If something such as a train or a kettle whistles, it makes a loud, high sound.
例句
Somewhere a train whistled...
不知哪里的火車在鳴汽笛。
...the whistling car radio.
車載收音機的尖嘯聲
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VERB
(風、子彈等)呼嘯而過
If something such as the wind or a bullet whistles somewhere, it moves there, making a loud, high sound.
例句
The wind was whistling through the building...
風呼嘯著穿過大樓。
As I stood up a bullet whistled past my back.
我起身時一顆子彈嗖的一聲從我背后擦過。
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N-COUNT
(空氣或液流通過狹窄孔洞時發(fā)出的)呼嘯聲;(物體在空氣中快速移動時的)呼呼聲
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.
例句
Hugh listened to the whistle of a train.
休聽著火車呼嘯而過。
...the whistle of the wind.
呼嘯的風聲
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N-COUNT
哨子
A whistle is a small metal tube which you blow in order to produce a loud sound and attract someone's attention.
例句
On the platform, the guard blew his whistle...
平臺上的警衛(wèi)吹響了哨子。
The referee blew his whistle for a penalty.
裁判鳴哨判罰。
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N-COUNT
上下班的哨聲
Some factories and other places where people work have a whistle which signals the beginning and the end of the working day.
例句
Every night you could hear the whistles of the steel mill.
每晚你都會聽見煉鋼廠的下班哨聲。
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N-COUNT
口哨(一種樂器)
A whistle is a simple musical instrument in the shape of a metal pipe with holes.
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PHRASE
(尤指向當權者)告發(fā)，揭發(fā)
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.
例句
Companies should protect employees who blow the whistle on dishonest workmates and work practices.
公司應該保護那些檢舉不誠實的工友及工作行為的員工。
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PHRASE
得不到;徒然想得到
If you say that someone can whistle for a particular thing, you mean that you are not willing or able to give it to them.
例句
'He wants a police escort.' — 'Well, he can whistle for that.'
“他希望有警衛(wèi)護送。”——“那他是指望不上了。”
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PHRASE
非常清潔
If you describe something as clean as a whistle, you mean that it is completely clean.
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PHRASE
無錯的;問心無愧的
If you describe someone as clean as a whistle, you mean that they are not guilty of having done anything wrong.
例句
'His private life is as clean as a whistle,' says McSmith.
“他的私生活沒有任何污點，”麥克史密斯說。
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PHRASE
借吹口哨壯膽;故作鎮(zhèn)定
If you say that someone is whistling in the dark, you mean that they are trying to remain brave and convince themselves that the situation is not as bad as it seems.
例句
Then I waited, trying not to feel as if I were whistling in the dark, but I experienced no easing of my fear and anxiety.
之后我開始等待，并竭力保持鎮(zhèn)定，可是恐懼和焦慮卻絲毫沒有消減。
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PHRASE
喝一杯(酒)
To wet your whistle means to have a drink.
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PHRASE
徒然無功
If you describe someone as whistling in the wind, you mean that they are trying unsuccessfully to change something which cannot be changed.
例句
The leader of the Liberal Democrats accused the Prime Minister of whistling in the wind to raise Conservative party morale.
自由民主黨領導人指責首相鼓舞保守黨士氣之舉根本就是徒勞。