n.口哨；汽笛；警笛
v.吹口哨；鳴汽笛；呼嘯；吹口哨召喚
The whistle goes at the end of the match. 比賽結(jié)束時(shí)哨聲響了。
He gave a loud whistle of gladness. 他吹了一聲響亮的口號表示高興。
The whistle went and the man knocked off for lunch. 汽笛響了，工人們停工午餐。
The horse shied at the shrill whistle. 那匹馬聽到刺耳的汽笛聲，驚得往后倒退。
用作動詞 (v.)The little boy rounded his lips to whistle. 那個小男孩把雙唇收圓好吹口哨。
The referee whistled and the game began. 裁判哨子一響，比賽開始了。
He whistled to his friend to keep hidden. 他吹口哨通知朋友繼續(xù)隱蔽。
We used to hear the train whistle at night. 過去我們常會在晚上聽到火車的汽笛聲。
A bullet whistled past his head. 一顆子彈從他頭頂上呼嘯而過。
The wind whistled through a crack in the door. 風(fēng)從門的裂縫中呼呼地刮了進(jìn)來。
whistle用作名詞時(shí)意思是“口哨”,轉(zhuǎn)化為動詞時(shí)意思是“吹口哨”“吹(笛等)”“鳴笛”,引申可表示“呼嘯著前進(jìn)”。與介詞for連用還可表示“空指望”“指望”。
whistle可用作及物動詞,也可用作不及物動詞。用作及物動詞時(shí),接名詞或代詞作賓語。還可接以動詞不定式充當(dāng)補(bǔ)足語的復(fù)合賓語。
