whisper

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. 耳语；私下说，密谈；飒飒地响；造谣
• n. 耳语（声）；轻柔的声音；谣传；（诗、文）飒飒声；蛛丝马迹，暗示

词源解说

• 直接源自古英语的hwisprian，意为低声细语。

词根记忆

• whi(看作who) + sper(看作speaker)→谁在小声说话→低语，耳语
• whi(看作who，谁) + sper(看作speaker，说话者)→谁在小声说话→耳语，低语

同根派生

• adj性质的同根词

  whispered：低声的；耳语的。

  whispering：传播流言蜚语的；发飒飒声的（等于whispery）。

• n性质的同根词

  whispering：低语；流言；飒飒声。

  whisperer：窃窃私语的人；拨弄是非的人；告密者。

• v性质的同根词

  whispered：窃窃私语（whisper的过去分词）；低声地说。

• whisper相关词

用法辨析

v. (动词)

• whisper的基本意思是“低声说”“耳语”,指轻柔地或悄悄地说话,也可指只作出说话的口形和语气,但没有出声。引申可表示“流传”“悄悄地传开”“告密”。
• whisper可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,接名词、代词或that从句作宾语。也可接双宾语,其间接宾语可由介词to引出,还可接以动词不定式充当补足语的复合宾语,还可引出直接引语。
• whisper可用于被动结构。

n. (名词)

• whisper用作名词时意思是“低语,耳语,私语”,引申还可表示“传闻,谣言”,是可数名词,常与不定冠词a连用,可用于复数形式。
• whisper还可作“轻柔的飒飒风声”解,只用于单数形式。

• whisper使用方法
• whisper详细辨析

英汉例句

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词: S+～(+A)

• Did she whisper in your ear at the meeting?
  开会时,她跟你私下交谈了吗?

用作及物动词: S+～+ n./pron.

• She whispered a reply.
  她低声地做了回答。

S+～+that-clause

• He whispered that he had got a new job.
  他低声说他已找到了新工作。

It is/was ～ed+that-clause

• It is whispered that he is heavily in debt.
  据传闻他负债累累。

引出直接引语

• “Listen!”she whispered.
  她悄声说：“听!”

用作双宾动词: S+～+ n./pron. +to pron./n.

• He whispered the news to me.
  他私下告诉我这个消息。

S+～+(to) n./pron. +that-clause

• She whispered to me that his temperature was up again.
  她低声对我说他的体温又上升了。

用作宾补动词: S+～+ n./pron. +to- v

• I whispered him not to make any noise.
  我低声告诉他别出声。

用作名词 (n.)

• I heard a whisper that he had been admitted to a university.
  我听传闻他已考入了大学。

• whisper更多例句

词组短语

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• whisper a few words 低声说几句

～+副词

• whisper affectionately 深情地低声说话
• whisper audibly 出声地窃窃私语
• whisper breathlessly 有气无力地低声说话
• whisper brokenly 不完整地低声说话
• whisper eagerly 热切地低声说话

• whisper更多词组

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• (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.

• whisper剑桥字典
• whisper柯林斯字典

专业释义

电子、通信与自动控制技术

• 耳语音

  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.
  耳语音是一种有别于正常语音的发音模式,是一种单一发音类型,声门前部(韧带)完全靠拢,后部(杓状软骨)有一个宽三角裂隙,气流通过开放区产生摩擦噪声,形成耳语音。

  语言学

• 耳语式发音(指声带不发出振动的一种发音方法)
• 耳语音