| 词汇 | whistle |
| 词根词缀 | 词源： whistle (v.) O.E. hwistlian, from P.Gmc. *khwis-, of imitative origin. Used also in M.E. of the hissing of serpents. The noun meaning "tubular musical instrument" is from O.E. hwistle. To wet one's whistle "take a drink" (late 14c.) originally may have referred to pipes, or be an allusion to the throat as a sort of pipe. To whistle for (with small prospect of getting) is probably from nautical whistling for a wind. Figurative use of whistle-blower first attested 1970. To whistle "Dixie" is from 1940. Phrase clean as a whistle is recorded from 1878; railroad whistle stop (at which trains stop only if the engineer hears a signal from the station) is recorded from 1934. 词根记忆： n. 口哨,汽笛;口哨声,汽笛声v.吹口哨;鸣笛The whistler whispered, "Which is rich?"鸣笛者低语道:"哪一个富有?" |
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