whistle

UKwisl US'wısəl

معنی فارسی

سوت زدن صفير زدن سوت کشيدن صدا کردن سخن چيني کردن غژ کردن

/hwis´ǝl/n., vt., vi.

● سوت زدن، سوت کشیدن، صفیر زدن، شپلیدن

my dad used to whistle when he shaved

پدرم معمولا هنگام ریش‌تراشی سوت می‌زد.

the train entered the station whistling

ترن سوت زنان وارد ایستگاه شد.

the cold wind whistled through the trees

باد سرد در میان درختان صفیر می‌کشید.

● (سوت فلزی را) زدن

● (با سوت زدن) فرا خواندن، علامت دادن، راهبری کردن

● سوت

a plastic whistle

سوت پلاستیکی

● صدای سوت مانند

* blow the whistle (on someone)

لو دادن، (تخلف کسی را) گزارش دادن

* wet one's whistle

(خودمانی) دم به خمره زدن

* whistle for

خواستن ولی به‌دست نیاوردن

* whistle in the dark

(هنگام خطر و غیره) سنگینی و ثبات خود را آزمودن، تظاهر به خونسردی کردن

verb

the sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture
the act of signalling (e.g., summoning) by whistling or blowing a whistle “the whistle signalled the end of the game”
a small wind instrument that produces a whistling sound by blowing into it
acoustic device that forces air or steam against an edge or into a cavity and so produces a loud shrill sound
an inexpensive fipple flute
make whistling sounds “He lay there, snoring and whistling” “Verb Frames:” “Somebody ----s” “The birds whistle in the woods” “The woods whistle with many kinds of birds”
move with, or as with, a whistling sound “The bullets whistled past him” “Verb Frames:” “Something is ----ing PP” “Somebody ----s PP”
utter or express by whistling “She whistled a melody” “Verb Frames:” “Something ----s” “Somebody ----s” “Somebody ----s something”
move, send, or bring as if by whistling “Her optimism whistled away these worries” “Verb Frames:” “Somebody ----s something” “Something ----s something”
make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound “the kettle was singing” “the bullet sang past his ear” “Verb Frames:” “Something ----s”
give a signal by whistling “She whistled for her maid” “Verb Frames:” “Somebody ----s PP”