hiss
名词 n.
动词 v.
英文释义
名词 n.
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A sibilant sound, such as that made by a snake or escaping steam; an unvoiced fricative.
— Their music frightful as the serpent’s hiss, And boding screech-owls make the concert full!
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An expression of disapproval made using such a sound.
— […] in open disputations ye haue bene openly conuict, ye haue bene openly driuen out of the schole with hisses […]
动词 v.
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To make a hiss, a sibilant sound of air escaping.
— As I started to poke it, the snake hissed at me.
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To call someone by hissing.
— I stepped out of my tent in Marrakech one night to get a bar of candy and caught your dose of clap when that Wac I never even saw before hissed me into the bushes.
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To condemn or express contempt (for someone or something) by hissing.
— The crowd booed and hissed her off the stage.
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To utter (something) with a hissing sound.
— Lies oft o’erthrown with ceaseless Venom spread, Still hiss out Scandal from their Hydra Head,
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To move with a hissing sound.
— The arrow hissed through the air.
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To emit or eject (something) with a hissing sound.
— The man in white pyjamas hissed soda into his glass.
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To whisper, especially angrily or urgently.
— "Are you quite sure of it," she hissed into his ear, "Mr Fang, Junior?"
词汇关系
词源
词源 1
From Middle English hissen, probably of onomatopoeic origin (compare Arabic هَسْهَسَ (hashasa)). Compare Middle Dutch hissen, hisschen (“to chase away, shoo”), Middle Low German hissen (“to chase, hound, incite”).
词源 2
From Middle English hissen, probably of onomatopoeic origin (compare Arabic هَسْهَسَ (hashasa)). Compare Middle Dutch hissen, hisschen (“to chase away, shoo”), Middle Low German hissen (“to chase, hound, incite”).
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