whisper
verb
uk/ˈwɪs.pər/us/ˈwɪs.pɚ/whisperverb(SPEAK)
B2[IorT]
tospeakveryquietly, using thebreathbut not thevoice, so that only thepersoncloseto you canhearyou:
小声说话；低语；耳语Sheleanedover and whispered something in hisear.她俯身对他耳语了些什么。
What are you twogirlswhispering about?你们两个女孩子在窃窃私语些什么？
[+ speech]"Where are thetoilets?" she whispered.“洗手间在哪里？”她低声问道。
It'srudeto whisper!窃窃私语是不礼貌的！
to talk to someone
- talkA group of men were talking in the street.
- speakCould I speak to you privately?
- sayI couldn't hear what they were saying.
- chatWe were just chatting about the party.
- have a chatWe had a little chat over the garden wall.
- chatterThey spent the morning chattering away.
- Sheleanedforwardto whisper something in myear.
- Sheleanedover and whispered something in hisear.
- Thepersonon myleftturnedto me and whispered "Not anotherspeech!".
- They're thecouplein thecorner, whisperingsweetnothingsto each other.
- Sheheardthem whisperingconspiratoriallyin thebedroom.
Ways of talking
- beg the questionidiom
- blah
- blether
- blither
- coo
- declaim
- declamatory
- drone on
- gabble
- loose
- mumble
- pipe
- ramble
- rattle on/away
- stage whisper
- talk trashidiom
- throwyourvoiceidiom
- trill
- word salad
- yak
whisperverb(SUGGEST)
[+ that]
tosuggestprivatelythat something might betrue:
私下里说；传闻People are whisperingthatshe's going toretirenextyear.人们私下里说她明年要退休了。
Revealing secrets & becoming known
- (the) word is/gets outidiom
- anti-secrecy
- backchannel
- bare
- blowsomeone'scoveridiom
- blow/take the lid offsomethingidiom
- break
- declassify
- hold
- huddle
- Queen's evidence
- rat
- rat onsomeone/something
- reintroduce
- revealingly
- revelatory
- state's evidence
- tip
- transpire
- unload
whisper
noun
uk/ˈwɪs.pər/us/ˈwɪs.pɚ/whispernoun(SPEECH)
[C]
a way ofspeakingveryquietly, using thebreathbut not thevoice, so that only thepersoncloseto you canhearyou:
小声说话；低语；耳语Iheardwhispersoutsidemyroom.我听见有人在我房间外窃窃私语。
She said itin awhisper so Ipresumedit wasn'tcommonknowledge. "Yousee," she said,loweringhervoiceto a whisper, "he hasn't been wellrecently."她说这件事时声音很小，所以我推断并不是人人都知道。“你知道，”她说着就把声音压得很低，“他最近身体一直不太好。”
[S]literary
asoft,lownoise:
沙沙声；飒飒声Thesilencewasbrokenonly by the whisperoftheleavesin thegentlebreeze.这片寂静被微风吹拂树叶的沙沙声打破了。
Ways of talking
- beg the questionidiom
- blah
- blether
- blither
- coo
- declaim
- declamatory
- drone on
- gabble
- loose
- mumble
- pipe
- ramble
- rattle on/away
- stage whisper
- talk trashidiom
- throwyourvoiceidiom
- trill
- word salad
- yak
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
whispernoun(SUGGESTION)
[C]
asuggestionorpieceofinformationthat youhearprivatelyfrom someone:
传闻；私下的议论I'vehearda whisperthatthey'reheadingfordivorce.我听人们私下里说他们要离婚。
Gossip and rumour
- a little bird told meidiom
- anecdotal
- bird
- bush telegraph
- dirt
- ear
- exposure
- furphy
- gossip
- hearsay
- lip
- on everyone's lipsidiom
- peddle
- reportedly
- rumoured
- say-so
- scandal
- scaremongering
- swirl
- yourears must be burningidiom